Special Guest Expert - Blaine Oelkers
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Brian Kelly:
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. 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. This is the Mind Body Business Show. Hello, everyone, and welcome, welcome, Welcome to the Mind Body Business Show. Woo! We have got a stellar show lined up for you tonight and I cannot wait to introduce you to this. An amazing young man by the name of Blaine Oelkers. He is a really great guy. I can tell we've gotten to know each other a little bit just before the show. Family man, he's got he's got kids. He's he's he's a wonderful guy. And he's also a very successful and that's why he's on this show is to help you to take your business to that next level. Truly, that is what this show is about. It is about what I call the three pillars of success. And they are the very name of this show, the components mind being mind set. So I studied nothing but very successful people for a period of about a decade through mentors of mine who I worked with personally through authors of books, some of whom I met, some I've not, others who may not be with us anymore, who have long been passed before I even knew of them. And what I learned in this walk, in this journey, was that to a person they had these three qualities and I started off with mine to be in mindset. What is that? It is to a person. These individuals had not only a very powerful and positive, but even more importantly, flexible mindset and then body to a person. They each took care of themselves, both physically and nutritionally. Literally, that's what body is about. And then business. Business is very multi multifaceted because one must master an array of skill sets in order to become successful in any business and then to scale it beyond where you are now. And the beautiful thing is because there are many skill sets, there are skill sets like marketing, sales, team building, systematizing leadership.
Brian Kelly:
I could go on for quite some time. And to master any one thing. Being an astute listener and viewer of this show, you know, that can take a very long time. The good news is you don't have to master every single skill set that's required. If you just mastered one of those skill sets that I just mentioned, it was one of those four or five that I just rattled off. Then you can skip the line, so to speak, and get your business on track much quicker than by trying to master every one of these skill sets individually. And that one skill set if you master it. That will give you that skip the line attribute is the skill set of Are you ready? Leadership? Yes. And even if you don't have a team right now leading yourself, get in the habit of leading yourself in very profound ways. Read books about it. We'll be talking about that in just a moment as well. And learn how to become the best leader you can be. And once you've really dialed in the leadership skills, you can then bring on those individuals that have mastered the skill sets that you have yet to or may never master yourself. So that's the good news. It's really good news. So you concentrate on leadership and developing that skill set and then you can really take your business to the next level much faster than if you were to do it all on your own. And that's what this show truly is all about. It's about modeling successful people like Blaine, who's coming on here in just a moment, I promise. And another fantastic attribute I learned about, very successful people is that to a person, they are also very avid readers of books. And with that, I'd like to segway real quickly into a small segment I affectionately call bookmarks.
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Brian Kelly:
Yeah. There you see it. Reach your peak library dot com in a real quick what I call soapbox moment for all of you I have a little bit of advice and that is you're going to be presented with several resources during this show. This is the first reach your peak library. What I would implore upon you to do is instead of clicking away and going and checking it out on another tab or a different computer or another device, instead, get out that old fashioned pen and pencil or put it on your notepad, on your tablet or computer and write them down and wait until the show is over. Then go back to your notes and then visit them all individually after the show is over. Why do I say that? I've spoken on stage for years. I've I was a lead trainer for one seminar industry. I created my own seminar company as well. And what I've learned was, you know, when you're on stage, you know, when you're getting to the good part, you know, when that transformational message is about to go out. And then you see someone get up from the audience and walk out the door because they had to go to the restroom or they had that all important text or phone call that came in. Well, they just missed out on what could have changed their life forever. And I knew it. And it just it it just irked me. I didn't like that because for them, they missed out. And for you, I would hate for you to miss up because your focus is taken off somewhere else. That's all that's about. So just do yourself a favor, not just for this show, but for future shows, for seminars, for everything. Take notes, take avid notes. Stay focused. Stay what I say in the room. Because I'm telling you, Blaine Acres is going to be giving a ton of information to you or Elk or Sorry. Blaine Elders is going to be giving you a ton of information that you can use to change your life. These people with German last names, they are fun. I love it. And he's a lot of fun, too, and I cannot wait to bring him on.
Brian Kelly:
But reach your peak library dot com real quick is literally a website that I had my team assemble with you in mind. Why do I say that? That sounds kind of cheesy, doesn't it? It's not cheesy at all, because I myself did not become an avid reader of books until the age of 47. That was 11 years ago. Yep. You've all done the math by now. And the beautiful thing is I found out. Wow, what an impactful thing reading the right books has on both my business life and sometimes even my personal life, and even sometimes in both. And so I began noting the books that really had that kind of impact in my life. And for every book I read that met that criteria, they ended up on this website. So not every book I've ever read is in here, but at least you can go into this one resource and pick that one book that just jumps off the page to you with the description. Maybe the maybe the title, maybe the cover, whatever it is, at least it's been vetted by one more successful entrepreneur that otherwise you might just be throwing darts at a dartboard, hoping and praying for that bull's eye. It just increases your your likelihood of getting a lot out of it rather than just hoping that you pick the right book. Not promising it will give you the same impact it did with me, but at least the odds are increased. And by the way, this is not a website for the purpose of making money. Yes, those are affiliate links. And those buttons that I don't I don't mind if you go anywhere else that you want to go to get your books. If you get them somewhere else, please, by all means, go ahead, find the title. Go get them wherever you like to get your books. It doesn't matter as long as you get it and then read it and then watch your life begin to change in ways you never would have otherwise realized. If you haven't been an avid reader of books already, those of you that are avid readers, I'm sure you'll find a title in there you haven't read yet.
Brian Kelly:
Go ahead and grab it from there as well. That's enough about Reach your peak library. Guess what is time to bring on the man of the hour? It is time for our guest expert. Let's bring him on. Here he comes. Get ready.
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Blaine Oelkers:
Qualified.
Brian Kelly:
And there he is, ladies and gentlemen. Yes, it is the one of the only Blaine lookers.
Blaine Oelkers:
Hey, Brian, Thank you so much for having me on. And look, you're my new best friend. You said, young man, you called me a young man. That is. That is a man after my own heart. So I appreciate that. And I will say that I like your podcast. I've been listening for a while and you have the servant's heart. So I really want to acknowledge that that that you're here to serve. And I'm sure tonight we are going to have fun, but we're also going to serve the listeners as well. So I'm excited about that and I'm looking forward to to share and serve any way I can tonight.
Brian Kelly:
Fantastic. Well, ladies and gentlemen, that is our show. Thanks for coming on. I am so kidding. That was awesome. You have a better intro than I do. Blaine That was fantastic. So a little bit of housekeeping and then we're going to dive in. So hang with us. Stick with us. Just got to take care of our sponsors. And one of those is the big insider secrets. You see the red and white stamp looking logo that Blaine is pointing to right now. If you're watching live on video, fantastic. And by the way, if you're not, then head to the mind body business. Show dotcom, the mind body business show. Don't do that. Now. Write it down and then register so you will get notified when we go live next time because those are watching. Live can enter to win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort. Again, compliments of the big insider Secrets. And I'm telling you, you did not want to miss that. And for those of you on now, stay to the end. You do not want to miss. That is a bona fide amazing vacation. Stay a couple more and then we're going to get moving with the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Akers himself. So if you're 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 Blaine Akers and grow your business all at the same time, then write this down carpet bomb marketing com, then head on over to it after the conclusion of tonight's show. Carpet bomb marketing Saturate the marketplace with your message and you can get a free lifetime membership to the reach your peak club, your free membership. It includes instant access to deep discounts on major software services and top shelf training courses. You need to run your successful business. So think of it as your entrepreneur. Discount house, Catapult your business to the next level and sign up for free. Now, not this second. Write it down and get a hotel discount card.
Brian Kelly:
Check this out. Worth $200 just for joining. There's no cost not to join, no monthly fee. It is free. Completely free. And then after that, go ahead and grab your deep discounts from within the club. So write this down. And then after the show, head on over to reach your peak club dot com, reach your peak club dot com. All right. Let's bring on the man of the hour, Mr. Blaine Oelkers. All right. So what I love to do, Blaine, is start every show with literally the topic of I can't even figure it out. The first word in the show's title is mine. Well, it's technically the second word, but I love to dig in, and I want to find out for not just for myself, but for everyone watching and listening. That. What is it for you? You're a successful individual. You've got a family, which is success all by itself. You've you've raised kids and they are, I'm guessing, doing very well and. Yes. Given that you're their dad, I mean, the odds are pretty good. Just in the little time I've known you. You're also very servant based as well, and just a heart of gold. I can just see it oozing. What I love to do is really find out, because I think the core and the. The foundation of one success or lack thereof, is literally what's going on in between your two years of that individual. So for you, what I want to find out is when you get up in the morning and you know what's ahead of you being an entrepreneur, it's all smooth and easy sailing every day, isn't it? No, it's not. It's it's not anything. But it can be quite the ride, if you know what I mean. So for you, what is going on in that big, beautiful brain of yours when you get up that keeps you driven, keeps you motivated, keeps you going forward to continue to crush it day in and day out?
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah, Great, great question. And I do think our lives are kind of built around days. You know, this this time, you know, one a single day, right? If you can win the day, then you can win the week, you can win the month, you can win the year. And so for me, there's two things. One is actually and most of the listeners probably know this, they may not be doing it well enough, but it starts the day before. So I have this thing called next day planning. And I really I don't want to let a day end without planning the next one. So for me, before I go to bed or even sometimes maybe around dinnertime, I like to plan out the next day so that when I wake up, I kind of know what time I need to wake up, what I'm going to be doing and have a have a plan for the day now. Now, if you're if you're not a planner, you should at least lay out like top couple of things you want to do for the day. And if you don't, I often tell people it's like getting on an airplane. So you go down the tarmac, you get in the airplane, you look over the cockpit and there's no pilot in there. So you sit down and then the flight attendant comes by and say, Excuse me, where's the pilot? And she says, There is no pilot. There's no we're not going any place. How long are you going to sit in that plane? Hopefully not very long. But that's what you're doing when you wake up in the morning without a plan. I say don't get on that flight. But anyway, to keep my sanity on a daily basis, the one thing that's really helped me a lot is that I know most people, not everybody, but most people take a shower every day and they wash their physical body. What I do in the morning is I take something called a mind shower. So every morning and I have a I have an app that tracks it. So I'm around maybe like 12 to 1300 days in a row of taking a mine shower first thing in the morning.
Blaine Oelkers:
Now, I like a ten minute mind shot, but if I only have 3 minutes, I'm still going to get my mind shower in and there's a bunch of different apps you can use, but basically it's to wash your mind out of all the kind of the garbage and the trash and the head trash from the previous day and maybe even from that morning. And that really allows me to kind of set the intention for the day and to get a clear I call it the lens of the future, but get a clear lens for for for what I want to happen that day, because a lot of a lot of how you think about things kind of cause them to appear to you in one way or another. So. So the mind shower is my favorite. You can use Headspace is one app I use, calm is another app. Abide is kind of a Christian version of a meditation app and then Insight Timer and all those apps have free versions inside. Timer has like 100,000 different kind of meditations and different things you can do. But anyway, that's my biggest thing is is the mind shower in the morning.
Brian Kelly:
What's your go to app of those you mentioned.
Blaine Oelkers:
For for the mind showers I've been using headspace so and there's like a paid version maybe it's like 70 bucks a year or something like that. But what I like about it is also tracks everything. It also, if you want to go deeper, like learn about mindfulness or different types of meditation, you know, and then you can have accountability buddies in there. So it has some pretty cool features. That's the one I use the most.
Brian Kelly:
You know what anybody that just heard, Oh, it's 70 bucks a year for an app. That's that's can sound like a lot of money, but $70 is nothing compared to what the results Blaine is getting. And so if Lane's getting those results, that means they're repeatable, which means you can get them too. And so 70 is nothing for an investment in your future. And getting into a good habit, Do you include affirmations and things like that, or is it kind of prewritten for you? How does that work?
Blaine Oelkers:
So inside there, there is a lot of there's probably thousands of different types of meditation subjects. So you can you could figure out like what you like the best, like I like one person, certain voice and, and it's and you know, and this one, the one that I use the most now I, I also like variety So, so I don't like maybe necessarily do the same exact one every day, but the one that I've done the most is a breathing one where, where this gentleman walks you through. Actually the owner of the company, Headspace, he's got a really calming voice and he walks you through some breathing exercises. So I really that's that's probably my my, my favorite one. I do like affirmations, kind of like positive statements. So my wife and I, we we do this a journaling exercise each day and part of. That is where you write some I am statements, right? I am healthy. I am full of unconditional love. Like that was the reason why I'm working my my wife has me working on one that says I am an agreeing person. So sometimes as an entrepreneur I like to take control of the conversation and like whatever someone says. For some reason, I'm like kind of wired just to come at it the other way. But I've been working on that, shifting that over time. But what I do, I like affirmations and then I like affirmations, which is similar to affirmations, but it's more of a you put it in the form of a question. So instead of you could say, I am healthy or or I am full of unconditional love, or you can say, Why do I find it so easy to be unconditionally loving? Right? So you put in the form of that question and then your mind starts to answer that. Well, because you do this, because you do that, and it kind of gives you some action steps. So this guy knows Saint John. He's he he kind of came up with that. And I use those as well.
Brian Kelly:
So I just want to point out, well, first, I want to give Mary a shout out. She's a planner. I know. Mary, you have a different last name. Mary. That's awesome. Congrats on that. And yeah, she's an amazing young woman who's actually been to one of my online or one of my seminars that I spoke at as well. So she's amazing and always. Mary Yes, exactly. Just show up, I always say. And she did. Always did. She did a fantastic thing. I love that you start every day with some kind of routine and and you not only start every day, but you end every evening or near that with a plan. I have interviewed so many successful people, and nearly to a person, they all have either one or the other in the beginning of the day or the end of the day. Most of the time in the beginning. Some not many, have to like you do. And then here's the question I often ask myself, and I know others are asking it because it would be more people that did it otherwise. How much time does it take to go through both of the ones you just described? You described going through headspace, you described doing journaling, and you also describe planning for the day ahead. How long does all that cumulatively take in one for that day?
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah. So if you look at, you know, like I have a morning routine, right? So that morning routine is probably 30 minutes, you know. So it's but but, but if I, if I wake up late or I'm strapped for time, I probably can do that morning routine in 8 minutes. So so again like like I like a ten minute mind shower, but if I need a three minute mind shower, I'm just going to do that. And part of the psychology behind that is, I like to say when early when often and I would rather you I call it nano size your your commitment to yourself and still keep the commitment rather than miss a day. Right so so so with the mind shower now the app is tracking now psychologically once you get past like three or four days in a row, you don't want to break the chain, right? So you want to keep it going, right? So now I'm at maybe 1275 days in a row. I really don't want to break that chain, you know? So there's some power. There's some power in that. But but that really works because it's the progress that kind of keeps you motivated. There's some kind of there's dips in motivation or or the world hit you in the face with a big problem. Right. And that's when you've got to dial the resistance way down and dial the size of the goal way down. So even people on exercise programs, let's say, Blaine, I want to exercise 30 minutes a day. And I said, That's great, but let's just make sure you exercise every day no matter what. So even if you're about to get into the shower, you know, give, drop and give me five push ups or do some jumping jacks or some high knees or whatever just to get the heart rate going so that you keep that streak alive, you know, And I say you kind of win the battle of the brain chemicals because once you once you say, oh, I missed a day. Well, now, oh, now it all just kind of caves in on you, right? Whereas if you just make it really small. So the resistance, you know, you've got to dial the resistance down, you might have to dial it down to 30 seconds of exercise, but you probably have 30 seconds. So dial it down to where you can actually still do the thing. And that kind of keeps you motivated and keeps you going.
Brian Kelly:
That's brilliant because it just keeps the momentum going forward. And you're so right. Once you once you've broken that trend, it's like hard to get back on the wheel. It's like, Oh, I've already failed. And we kick ourselves in the butt, you know, relentlessly. And I got to tell you that right there is what you just said is a bomb dropping moment.
Blaine Oelkers:
If anything was, Oh, wow, I got my first carpet bomb drop. 11. Yes.
Brian Kelly:
Smart bombs, bombs of wisdom. And this is what I love. I love about opening the show with mindset topics, because honestly, everyone watching, everyone listening, it is by far the most important topic for successful business and successful life. Bar none. And I did not know this until back when I started reading around age 47, and that's when I met my mentor who taught me all about mindset, NLP techniques, all kinds of wonderful things. And I felt I just I cannot wait for the next day of my life and I'm that way every day now. It was like I'm a Christian, but it was like a human rebirth, if that makes any sense whatsoever. But it was it was a it was a reset button that I so desperately needed and didn't even know existed. And oh, my gosh, if people realized that everything where you're at right now is 100% attributable not to any outside forces, not to anyone else, not to any circumstance, it is everything is what's going on in your own noggin. We are all at 100% cause of where we are right now. And I know for some of you you're going that just pissed you off. I'm sure that.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yes, but it's so true. I mean, so true in my I know we'll end up talking about mentors, but my my mentor was a guy named Jim Rohn, who you might have heard of, Jim Rohn, and he said, it's not what happens that determines your life future. It's what you do about what happens. And when he said that, I hosted him at an event and I was kind of in the wings there and he was talking. And that really changed my life because I realized that circumstances, yeah, I can't control that. I can't control what's going to happen, but I can control my response or my reaction or what I do about what happens. And so my worry really subsided there and and it's really helped me help me out anyway. So. So it is you're 100% true that the mindset is key. I heard this other great quote. It was When you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them. I think it's Gary Keller that said that. But the weird thing is, is when you hear that quote, when you argue for your limitations, you get to keep them. I started hearing myself arguing for my for for limitations in my own life. And then I started hearing all the other people. I'm too this I'm too that I can't this I can't that I'm like, well, there's no way you're even going to get there. You're not even opening. The door to the door is already shut and locked to your mind. Right. So. So anyway, staying open minded, staying with the they call the growth mindset open to the possibilities. And like with the neuro linguistic programing programing your mind to be receptive and to be open and to see that stuff. Because unfortunately you're probably wired the other way through news media and social media and, and I don't know, maybe eight out of ten things you hear are negative, especially in the news and whatnot. So it's it can be a battle to to switch that around. But but you definitely can and when you do. Life is a lot different.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, so many. Gosh, that was like five bomb drops. But I don't want to I don't want to rule the show with a bunch of bomb drops the whole time. Yeah, Although you are so well deserving of them all. Yeah. My mentor, his name's Mel Cutler. He's actually could be my son by age. He literally could be my child. He's 18 years my junior. Wow. You know what? For me, age, race, gender, religious beliefs, none of that ever matters to me in, in my judgment of another individual. It's their value system is in alignment with mine. And if it's not, doesn't mean we have to be enemies. It's just maybe I won't spend as much time with them. But with this gentleman, Mel, it was like, I love this guy. And he would say from stage, and I don't know if he coined this exactly, but he would say something to the effect of you can either either let your circumstances control your attitude. Or you can let your attitude dictate your circumstances. And what I love about that is so deep because we are emotional beings. We are made that way. Thankfully, we are unique because of our emotions. You know, not all of them are good. There are some bad. And the cool thing is you're allowed to react. If you have something bad happen to your. You're allowed by design to get angry. You're allowed. It's okay. You're not only allowed your program to. The cool thing is, though, after that happens and that outburst is done, whatever your form of outburst is, it might be quiet, it might be out loud, whatever it might be physical might just be internal. We have every one of us, the choice of how quickly to overcome that emotion, how quickly to decide to go a different direction, how quickly to choose the positive path and find it. That is the beautiful thing that I learned that I didn't realize was even an option. And I'm like, Oh my gosh. And so, I mean, from the first day I met my mentor, he was up on stage. I was in the audience back then. I ended up becoming his lead trainer for two years after a few years of being with him. But this was that first day and he taught me about being a cause, and that changed my life forever from that moment. And it was so, so profound. So that's why I'm spending extra time on this one blade because it is that important, in my opinion, for everyone to really harness and take into themselves and integrate the fact that mindset is the key to your success or lack thereof. And I dare I say, even your happiness. What would you say?
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah, I agree. I agree 100%. And some of those things are mentors say it's like a seminar in just one sentence, like a whole seminar put into this one sentence that that really changes you. But, but yeah, I mean I have the saying called white, but what you think about you bring about and the mind is so powerful. You know that's one of the things when I was when I was raising my kids they're out of the nest now. But my wife and I, we really tried to teach them the power of the mind. It was so, so big, you know, and it's so underutilized, you know, And so so yeah, I think it's important there. And some people need some help. I mean, sometimes your life can hit you pretty hard, you know? And so you've got to have some tools. I call it hacking the head trash. But if your mind isn't always positive, you know, then you have to kind of start where you're at and begin to kind of rewire it. So there's a lot of cool brain science, even just the last, let's say, three years, they can measure in your brain when thoughts start, what are good thoughts, what are bad thoughts? And now they used to think we had 60,000 thoughts a day, but they just proved two years ago great study came out. It's about 6000. Still huge. 6000 thoughts a day, but most are negative, most are negative and and being able to rewire the brain. The other cool thing they've recently found is, is that the brain is very plastic and malleable and can change and grow. I love some great studies that that came out like like when I was a kid growing up in high school and college. They thought the brain like when you got to a certain age, like, you know, adulthood, like 18 or 20, your brain stopped growing. You couldn't grow any more brain cells. At least that's what they told me to not drink in college. But but in any case, they said that your brain couldn't grow. And this great study came out about, Have you ever been in London with the black taxi cabs?
Blaine Oelkers:
It's like a special London taxi cab, the black cab. And in order to be able to drive that, you have to pass this test. People want only one out of five people pass the test. So be able to take it over and over and over and you have to learn all the different landmarks. And London is laid out not like a grid, like Phenix. We're all like avenues and streets. It's so easy to get everywhere. London's not like that. It's just a big mishmash. But what's interesting is they were able to measure the hippocampus of the taxi drivers and they were orders of magnitude larger than the average people in the population. And the longer they were a driver, the bigger it was, which is that's the part of the brain that's responsible for maps and navigation. So it kind of proved that the brain was like a breakthrough thing, that the brain can grow. And so just no listener, wherever you're at, your brain can grow. And it's as simple as some people talk about each morning or each evening. Think about three things you're grateful for, which is good. That's helpful. But what's even better for your brain is think about three. Look back over the last 24 hours and think about three good things that happen to you in the last 24 hours. And what happens is when you do that, when you when you think about those three things for the last 24 hours, your brain starts to wire in looking for the good in the future, like the opportunity for the good. Plus first you'll get rewarded with some good brain chemicals in thinking about those those three good things that happened in the last 24 hours. But over time and literally it begins to wire in about 21 days, but it takes 63 days to actually wire in a new habit. But but anyway, that will will dramatically help to switch it, because I know not everybody has the great attitude 100% of the time. Right. So and we could do a deep dive into habits as well. But anyway, sorry, I just kind of went on a soapbox there for a moment.
Brian Kelly:
I love it. I love it. It's soapbox away all day, you know, And for those of you watching, because now I'm seeing what Blaine is capable of. We're taking the show an extra hour. I know you have a meeting, Blaine, but you're just going to go. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I am loving this. Oh, yeah. Rocky Becerra says true. Mary was loving it. Oh, my goodness. I think I know Rocky. Must be some related to someone else. I know. Maybe.
Blaine Oelkers:
Maybe not so nice to have the live people on. So thank you. Live. Yeah. Watchers or listeners.
Brian Kelly:
And yeah, I do appreciate interaction and ask him ask Blaine a question. If you have one, say hi, let us know where you're from. We'll give you a quick shout out on the show. I'm all about giving exposure, especially to those who deserve it and everyone that spends their time. You're here spending your valuable time watching and listening to an amazing gentleman by the name of Blaine Oelkers. And give yourself a pat on the back for doing that, for investing your time. That's one thing none of us ever get back is time. It's the most valuable commodity. It's way more valuable than money. So we both appreciate you for spending your time with us, but also commend you for for growing by listening to amazing people like Mr. Blaine Elgar. So keep doing what you're doing. Yes, we have a Facebook user, nameless. That is good to see you. And nice to meet you, Blain. Thank you. Mr. or Mrs. Facebook user.
Blaine Oelkers:
I always see that one on a lot of shows. Facebook user.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, good. We have a question that's just coming in. I think we know the answer. You've set it up several times. Mary asks, How long have you been doing brain showers? Maybe you took a break during that four year period or that you would have already finished.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah. So? So I've I've. I did something like mine showers, you know, for a long time. But right now I have in headspace, I have about 1275 days in a row that I've done the mind shower. Now, again, I like 10 minutes. But you know what? If I'm short on time, I'll do a three minute one and I can do a three minute one. Just getting dressed or, you know, it's very easy to work that into my day. But I've been doing that for, you know, for for 1275 days in a row. And the other things for my mind, I also do like I like fasting, like I like intermittent fasting for the physical body, but I also like that for the mind. So I will take social media fasts, I'll do news media fasting. So I like to do fasting for the mind as well. And even maybe certain foods. You know, I, I enjoy a glass of wine, but maybe I'll do I'll have no alcohol for a month or two or something like that. So I like to, to do the fasting side of things as well.
Brian Kelly:
I have never heard of that. It's such a genius concept is is fasting for the mind is freaking awesome.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah yeah. So so you know and some people, you know, just start wherever you can write like with the social media, sometimes people I just say, well, just try to like if you're watching it all the time, just go for a few hours without it, right? Or, or maybe you can do a half a day, right? Or maybe you can do one day, whatever the case is. Now, sometimes you have to do it for business. So there's times where I'm fasting, but I have to go in for a business purpose. And then to be honest, I'm I don't have enough willpower sometimes. So I set a timer. I tell Siri, you know, I'm going in here for 10 minutes, Siri, and get me out of here, set a timer for 10 minutes and then get me out of here. So I set timers, so I kind of make sure I kind of do what I need to do and get out of there.
Brian Kelly:
Fantastic. Yes. And Mary said, I really like that idea. I just really liked that idea. Facebook user says the same thing. Cool idea. I just love saying Facebook user and yes, Rocky, I can read this live for sure. Thank you for commenting and engaging. And yes, Mary says fasting is important. It is. I rarely eat any meal before 1130 to 12:00 noon. And you know, it's just there's a lot written on the topic and it is actually very healthy and there's a lot also concerning fasting and still exercising. And should you and is it safe and all that good stuff. And the good news is it is and there are books written on it. So I'd recommend that anyone that's got any hesitation over that or resistance to that concept is pick up a book and maybe Blaine, you have one and the tip of your tongue. That's a good one to go after. I'm trying to think of the one I read years ago.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah, I think. I mean, you can just Google it and find a lot of information on intermittent fasting. Now, some people that might get a headache and medically, maybe they can't do it, but but 90% of the population can do it and you're already doing it right. So you go to bed and then in the morning you have breakfast, which is your breaking the fast break, fast breakfast from the night before. And so what I tell people, like if you want to like a little weight control is just after dinner, don't eat like just don't eat. So let's say you finish dinner at 7:00 at night, don't eat and don't eat and just have water only until you go to bed. Then go to bed. Then the next morning let's say you have breakfast at 7 a.m.. Well, now you just did a 12 hour fast, which is pretty good because the intermittent fasting is typically like to go about 16 hours and then they eat in an eight hour window. Right. But but anyway, you just did 12 right there. Right. And so then you start to push breakfast back like O'Brien and I have to where we typically don't I don't eat something either till 11 or noon. And for me, like, that's the time my body, you know, digestion takes a lot of work on your from your body, a lot of energy. And so that's where a lot of like healing happens and and you just kind of give your body a rest from all the digestion. So anyway, I really do do like that. And hey mind body business so good good tip for the body part of the show.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah. Love it. Okay so we know the mysterious user is my buddy Tim Gillette. He has his own show as well. Very astute businessman out of Texas, I believe somewhere out of Texas. So, yeah, it's a.
Blaine Oelkers:
Welcome.
Brian Kelly:
Glitch, but thank you for clarifying that, Tim. Now I know who Facebook user is Like, That is awesome. So. Oh, my goodness. I do want to get this in before we finish the show. I'm being mindful of the time. I know you do have something right when we're done. And that's another thing is folks out there be as respectful as you can with other people's time and stay within your schedule. And I hope I don't just mess that all up by going too long tonight because I get into it. So, Blaine, feel free to remind me you have my express permission. Hey, we're coming up on 5 minutes. Brian, You're kind of going long here. We can have fun, too. That's good. But I want. I want you to do is I don't think anyone here even knows what it is you do as a business. And that would be a disservice to everyone watching to leave it at that way. And you've done something that's very impressive, at least to me, and that is you have been on a TEDx talk, you did a TED Talk, and I just wanted to showcase what it is you do give you the opportunity to showcase that. What is your ideal target market like? What is your ideal client look like? Is it a man or a woman? A certain age, a group, a corporation? What is it? And if you don't mind, explain what you do for that individual or a group. And then it's a three parter. So I know you'll remember it all. And if you have a success story or too you'd like to share, I would love for you to have the ability to do that as well. So I'm going to pull up your site while you have that wonderful moment of glory and let everybody know.
Blaine Oelkers:
So yeah, let me just share a couple of of moments of Don. Incomprehension. So I really had to moments of dawning comprehension that set me on a path to where I am today. And so moments of dawning comprehension is where the light bulb goes off and and all of a sudden things make sense, right? And so the first one happened for me in college. And so in college, maybe like you, I've always been a little bit of a seeker. How can I do better? I always end it like self improvement, self development. And I saw this little ad for an audio cassette tape. So great. I'm dating myself. Yes, this was in the eighties and I saw this ad for it was an abridged version of the of the book Thinking Grow Rich read by Earl Nightingale, who actually turned out to be another one of my mentors. Anyway. So I sent away for this audio tape and I listen to this book about thinking Grow Rich. And now it was it talked about finances, but it was also about growing rich in peace of mind, in relationships and health. And so when I read so that I ended up buying the book and I read the book in college and I realized in that moment and later I created a little saying Why table what you think about, you bring about. And so I realized in that moment that by controlling what I thought about, I could really direct my life. Now, I couldn't control the circumstances. Like we talked earlier. I can't control the circumstances of life, but I can control my reaction to the circumstances, right? So that determines where we end up in life, right? So my mentor, Jim Rohn, he would say, it's not the blowing of the wind that determines your destination, it's the set of the sail. And so no matter the winds of change, the winds of opportunity, the winds of danger, all these winds are going to be blowing on us. But where you end up, it's the set of the sail and that's your thinking. And so I read that book and I had a lot of success. I met my wife in college.
Blaine Oelkers:
We're still married 30 years later, you know, and had a lot of success. And I had this concept of why table what you think about, you bring about and so my degrees in computer science so my dawning comprehension moment number two came when my I was coming back from a business trip and I worked for this company called Rational Software Corporation, which turns out. Brian I programed in the same language. Ada That's a cool story. That's for another time. But so, so I was, I was doing this. I was on a business trip with them and I come back and my son is giving me the cold shoulder and I'm like, Hey, Beth, why is bow like, give me the cold shoulder? And she said, Well, you were gone so long. He kind of forgot who you were. And like, emotionally, that like, hit me hard. And then I realized, wait a second, When I was a kid, both my parents worked and my brother a lot of times wasn't home. So I would come home to the empty house. So. So all of these emotions come. And that night I made what I call a clarifying decision. And I said, No matter what, I'm going to work from home, no matter what, I'm going to figure out how can I work from home now? It took me a year. I started two businesses and our marriage. It was a difficult time for our marriage, you know, during that, because I was I was had the full time job and trying to kick off two businesses. But a year later, I broke free from that job and that was 27 years ago. So for the last 27 years, I work from home owning my own business. And what it did is it gave me the time because all my businesses typically have no daily operations that I'm responsible for. But it gave me the time to do the self development and the discovery, and I realized what I like to do and what I think God's put me here to do is help people take control of their lives by taking control of themselves, something I call personal implementation, kind of getting yourself to do the stuff you know you should be doing but you might not be doing.
Blaine Oelkers:
And so I started I started a company called Self Fluence, and I started doing this for people. And then I actually I started doing it for mastermind groups. So the clients that I that I ended up serving were business owners. So I have a bunch of mastermind groups where I'm the chief results officer and they said they called me that and I go, that's I like that title Chief Results Officer because I like helping people get stuff done, get the dopamine going in the brain. And so I actually realized nobody else had used that term. So I went to the Patent and Trademark Office in the United States and I got the registered trademark. The R with the circle took about six months, but I got it. So now I can say I'm America's only chief resource officer. And primarily what I do is help people get results, help people with personal implementation, doing the things they know they need to get done. And I actually most entrepreneurs, I am sorry to say, but most entrepreneurs are a day behind in stuff. And so what I really like to do is take them from being a day behind to kind of just being behind, then being caught up, then being ahead and then being a day ahead. So I have this whole concept of what I call a day ahead entrepreneur. So when you wake up, you might have appointments like do this podcast, but, but all your to dos are done already and you're kind of working on stuff for tomorrow or or out in the future. So that's what I love to do best. You know, I have a lot of success stories. One, I have this one guy, Phil, he's a veterinarian surgeon, and he was so far behind, he literally he had 2000 emails, you know, and they just kept coming in and he could get rid of 100 and there'd be 100 new ones. But putting some of these things into practice and one of the things I like to do the most is I run something called a super results day, and that's where we get on Zoom every 3 hours and everybody kind of crushes their to do list, but it's in a group setting, so you tend to get a lot more done.
Blaine Oelkers:
And then we kind of mastermind a certain topic. But but anyway, it took him probably maybe about a year to to, to 14 months. And and they started coming down and down. And today he's at 50. So he processed all those other ones and he's down to 50 and maybe it's somewhere between 40 and 70 every day that he keeps it at. And and he got to that point where he's living a day ahead. He cut his work week down. He's a surgeon. He was doing surgery three days a week. Now he's down to two and he's much more efficient in the way he does it. So anyway, what you had put on the screen there is one of the things I'd like to offer people is my TEDx talk. So if you go to Blaine, Ted Blaine, TED.com, you can opt in and get my talk. And so a TEDx talk is a talk where you share one big idea. My talking thing is 14 minutes. They have to be under 18 minutes. Mine's 14 minutes. And I share kind of an elegant results technique, which I know Brian would like because it has some neuro linguistic programing in there. But but it's so that you can remind yourself of whatever you're trying to bring about or become. You can remind yourself automatically, 100 plus times a day. And there's no willpower. No, you don't have to do anything special. It kind of happens automatically. So anyway, that's my talk. But if you opt in, we'll be connected. You'll have my email. If I could serve you in any way, I'd be happy to. To do what I can.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah. And I did that prior to the show. I was stalking you, Blaine. And no, I was just doing my research, as I should, as the host and loved the talk, the opening story. I'm not going to give it away. And you understand the mastery of speaking through stories and by getting to people through stories. And it makes it very compelling and very welcoming and interesting on top of everything else. And I thought you did a phenomenal job. And it looked like it was several years ago that you did this. And I love the fact that you now have this and you can use this to help help change lives for the better. And I like the whole white Table concept. You know, it's like what you think about, you bring about. And that is so true. You know, as the body think or as the mind thinketh and things like that that we've heard of, think and grow rich, it's very much down a similar path. And the TED talk is wonderful. So for everyone watching and listening, it costs you nothing. You just click that button, you opt in. He immediately his system will send you the link to go watch that cool video. And like you said, it wasn't 14 minutes. You said.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah, 14 minutes. And I think we're up to 225,000 views. So it's been it's done Well as a as a TED talk, I'll give you I also give you a transcript as well. So so yeah and it's yeah I mean I think I think it's impactful for people and it's got a pretty simple technique that you can, that you can use to help kind of program your your mind a little bit to help to, to work for you, not against you.
Brian Kelly:
And I love how you even gave props to your wife for putting together those lights on the bottom of the stage. That's like, Dave. I was like, All right, I love I love a man who lifts up their wife. I love that.
Blaine Oelkers:
And so she's my rock. And, you know, I still have those lights today. And yeah, it was it was it was a big bucket list item for me, too. So it was a little nerve racking, obviously. But but it was it was great. And, you know, again, like you you know, it's it's service to many leads to greatness. And and that's really kind of why we're all here, you know? And what I do, I, I love what I do. I even kid around. We have this thing in our world. We talk about the Powerball test, and that is, if you won the Powerball, would you still go do what you do? And and even if I won the billion dollar Powerball yesterday, I would still be here doing this podcast tonight because this is what I what I feel I'm called to do. And I enjoy doing it and I like to help people.
Brian Kelly:
And it's so obviously true. And before we get beyond it, I want everyone that's listening on this podcast after the fact and those that are watching the recording, you can see it on the screen. But I'm going to, for our listeners, let them know how to get to that website. It's Blaine Bell, a tiny TED x T.D. x dot com. So just type in Blaine, Ted x dot com. And for those of you that like to put in the https in front, make sure there is no se and that way you'll get to it successfully and. Go there and it's 14 minutes of your time. And you can tell this is not a guy who's going to spam you to death or hit you with lots and lots of offers. I hope that I get an offer from him because that means he's then growing his business and that he is out there helping more people. I look for stuff like that. I want, you know, if I'm opting into something, I now have a different mindset. It's like, Give me what you got. I want to see it. I don't I'm not like, Oh, you're probably going to get hit me with an offer. I'm thinking, Yeah, let's see it. I want to see what you're up to. And then before I go too far on another one, Don Hoper. It's a good friend, local chamber of commerce, genius of a man, and just another heart centered guy He was talking about when we were talking about start on time and end on time. The Golden Rule. Yeah. And he's a golden guy and that's what I love. What I get, why I love what I get to do is because I get to surround myself with wonderful, amazing people like you, like Don, like Tim and Mary, who also says her hubby lifts her up. That's fantastic. I love hearing that. Love it, love it, Love it. All right. I'm being mindful of the time, Blaine. Being mindful. I want to keep this thing rolling because that is actually a pretty astounding gift for all of you is, you know, he went through I can't imagine what you went through to prep for that.
Brian Kelly:
The nerves you went through, you went through a lot to be able to give back to everyone that they could learn from you and improve based on you getting through your nerves, you getting through all the commitment, the time, wherever you went to do that. Maybe it was a long trip, I don't know. But there was a commitment of time. Your wife put together a fantastic light show for you and you know, there was a lot put into that. And that's what I love when I see things like that. I'm digging in to look at, well, what kind of preparation did that individual do? I could tell it to you. It was deep and good, not good. It was excellent because you add the lights to it. I'm like, Wow, They let him put that on the stage. I'm going to remember that. I'm going to say, Hey, babe, look at look at what they did. I want one of those. I'll have it reach out to your wife and say, How do you make that? Yeah.
Blaine Oelkers:
And if people are interested in being a TEDx speaker, reach out to me. I definitely I have actually some notes that I put together, but they also Ted gives you like a little coach person and there is a lot of work to try to make it the best it can be. But these TED meetings or speaking opportunities happen in most major cities a couple of times a year. And you can you can apply. So they have an open enrollment period where you can apply in different cities or in your own city. And and yeah, now a lot of times they do ask for an example of the video. Somebody nominated me for it, luckily for me. But then I had some videos of me presenting so that that's the kind of do do look for that but but I'm happy to help people if someone's thinking about doing that, reach out to me and I can kind of give you my notes and and show you the ropes a little bit.
Brian Kelly:
That's always been on my target list. So I'll be the first to raise my hand.
Blaine Oelkers:
Oh, let's get her done then. Yes, let's get Brian on the TED stage.
Brian Kelly:
I mean, I just so enjoyed speaking from stage for those years with my mentor, and then I got my own going for a few events. We had three events and then we were saddled with this this thing that closed us down for a while. But, you know, then we had this, this virtual way to get things done, which I love. There is still no substitute for being in the same room with the other individuals. You feed off of them. You know, you hear a lot of people talk about the energy, you know what? It's true. And then as you know, you're standing up on a stage and you're speaking to a group of people. You can see all the way to the back and you can tell exactly what the person in the back is doing, even though they're way back there. You can tell if they're sleeping, if they're paying attention, if they're if they're avidly writing notes. It's amazing and just and then you get to feel and feed off of it and especially those in the front row, you know, that they're committed. The ones that sit in the front are always after it. They're always wanting the most out of their experience. And you learn so much from speaking on the stage and you just get so much in return. It's just so fulfilling, especially when you're doing something that has an impact in a positive way on people.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah. Yeah, for sure. And the experience is different when you're in the live room and, and you're really focused in on it. And so, yeah, I agree 100%.
Brian Kelly:
I'm curious, do you know what the average audience size is for a TED Talk live in there? I could tell there were people there. I just couldn't tell.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yeah, it's, you know, it's a wide range. So at mine I was in a theater, a little bit like a high school Ampitheater. Right. So. So maybe there was 100 and 150 people. You know, there are some that are smaller, some that are in a small venue with 20 to 30 people. Then there are some that are in venues that could be hundreds of people. Then some, like big universities, do, one where there could be 1000 people in there. So it's a lot of different venues and yeah, and that's Ted X and that's the one that happens all season. Then there's Ted, that's where it's the big stage and, and there'll be tens of thousands of people kind of watching it live and you kind of have to work your way into those. But the Ted X, I mean, there's a lot a lot of great people have done those talks and then Ted and Ted, they curate them all on their own and they actually help to promote it. And yeah, so it works out. It works out well. I've gotten a lot of great kind of people reaching out to me because of the TED talk.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, and I'm such a big proponent of massive exposure and that is another phenomenal component of that. You know, we're here on video, so that means anyone that comes on video to either as a guest or a host, you have what it takes. If you're thinking, oh, that's not going to be something I can do. Yes, you can. We all have far more gifts than we give ourselves credit for. So for anyone that might be sitting on the fence or just flat out saying, that's not for me, think again. Reconsider, because it can be life changing. It's done a lot of good for Blaine. It's done a lot of good for a lot of people. I know I just had a very dear friend do a TEDx in Frankfurt, Germany, because her that's where she grew up was in Germany. I don't know if it was Frankfurt, but and that was just, I think a week ago. And it's just amazing and so exciting to see people I love who are making a huge impact on the world, being able to make a greater impact. That's Yeah.
Blaine Oelkers:
Well and I think, you know, even you I mean for you you right here Brian Kelly you know you're doing these shows and you're putting them online and they have high value and you're interviewing a great people and you've got great knowledge and all leaders are readers and you've got a great show here, great information piece. And I will go on record as saying that you're having a big impact and that you're touching lives not yet born. So there's somebody that's not even born yet. 20 years from now, 30 years from now, they may be watching it from Mars, but they're going to they're going to pick up your series, your show, and it's going to help them and it's going to help them with their mindset, with their body and with their business. So kudos to you. I know it's a lot of work and you've got a team and you've got virtual assistants and all these things are happening to put together this big show. But but I just want to say on behalf of everybody listening, thank you for for going through the effort to get this information out there.
Brian Kelly:
Wow. Thank you. And I'd like to be the first to say hello to everyone from Mars that's watching this years in the future.
Blaine Oelkers:
Right out in the future.
Brian Kelly:
Kudos to you for taking the risk to go up there and live because it takes a lot right there. And I'm not saying that's a bad thing. That's a good thing. Risk takers are what make the world go around. That's what entrepreneurship is. A lot of big part about calculated risk as much as you can make it. But so we're getting close to the end, doggone it. But what I.
Blaine Oelkers:
It.
Brian Kelly:
Is. Yes. What I love to do is end every show with a very special question. Blaine and I used to ask this on occasion. This is going back a couple of years ago, and I just started realizing, my gosh, the answers I'm getting are pretty profound. I've got to keep this going somehow, some way. And I decided to make it the end question of every show going forward. And with your permission later, I will be compiling a collaborative book or books, depending on how thick this thing ends up getting with all of these answers, because it's that profound and it can be that helpful to the end reader. And in this case right now, listener and viewer. So right before I do that, I promised everyone that stayed on live until the end they would get the opportunity to win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort, compliments of the big Insider Secrets. I'm going fast because Blaine needs to go. The logo you see up there? Yes. Thank you, Blaine. And so I'm going to pull it up on the screen right now. Get out your pen. Write this down. You do not have to enter right now. Please do not, because you'll want to listen to Blaine's answer. Here it is. It's on the screen right now. You want to go to write this down our WIP dot. I am forward slash vacation all lowercase rip. I am forward slash vacation. If you're watching live right now, you have the ability to enter. You can do this. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes after the show will still get it. You'll be entered and we'll announce the winner a little bit later this evening after we collect those. So be sure to do that. And now back to the man, the myth, the legend himself in the big question. Oh, yes. Thank you, Mary. Wow, That's good. She's given applause. I don't know what for. It's probably for Blink.
Blaine Oelkers:
So that's for you and appearing on Mars?
Brian Kelly:
That's right. Coming to you live from Earth. So. All right. So the beautiful thing about this question, there are so many beautiful things. But Blaine, one of the greatest parts to it is that there is no such thing as a wrong answer. It's impossible. It doesn't exist. The exact opposite is the truth, which is even more fun. The only correct answer is yours. And the reason is because it's unique to you. And so if it takes you a microsecond to come up with the answer, or if it takes you ten, 15, 30 seconds to come up with the answer, that is still nothing wrong with that is absolutely perfect, because it is your answer. There's nothing you can do wrong about it. So that sounds cool.
Blaine Oelkers:
That sounds great.
Brian Kelly:
All right. So with that, are you ready?
Blaine Oelkers:
Yes.
Brian Kelly:
All right, here we go. Blaine Eggers. How do you define success?
Blaine Oelkers:
Okay. How do I define success? I. I like a combination of definitions that I got from Earl Nightingale and Jim Rowan. And basically, Earl Nightingale said success was the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. And Jim Rohn said that success was you moving towards your personal goal. So what? I believe success is personal, right? So if someone says, Hey, I want to be a great schoolteacher, teacher, if they're moving towards that, becoming a great school teacher, they're successful, right? So I think it's it's up to you what you define as where you want to go. I call that your point B going from point A to point B, but but where you want to go and if you're moving towards that than your success, that would be my my definition of success is, is moving towards your your personal goals.
Brian Kelly:
And you know how we have to end this, don't you? It's coming from where it is. Yes. Another bomb. Knowledge bombs. Bombs of wisdom. That is the definition of one Mr. Blaine Oelkers. And I want to tell you personally and with feeling I appreciate you for spending your valuable time here with me tonight and with everyone else who's been watching and listening. Those who listen on podcasts later, and those of you watching or listening from Mars, everyone of you is going to be phenomenally impacted. I hope you took notes and I hope you take action any last. I know you're you're really stressed on time. Blaine, any parting words of advice before we call it a night?
Blaine Oelkers:
Yes. I'm going to leave you with this. The bad news the bad news is that time flies. The good news, you're the pilot. So. Pilot Well, my friends. Pilot.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, I love it. So we must call an end to this show. Unfortunately, I know we should go on for another 2 hours. Maybe we'll call Blaine back later.
Blaine Oelkers:
Yes, I'd love to be back.
Brian Kelly:
Out of respect for this gentleman and everyone else who came on the show that knows us an hour in length, we're going to call it a show on behalf of the amazing Blaine Oelkers. I am your host, Brian Kelly of the Mind Body Business Show. Until next time, keep crushing it, keep serving. And above all, everyone, please be blessed. Take care for now. So long. Thank you for tuning in to the Mind Body Business Show podcast at WW. The Mind Body. His show dot. Com. My name is Brian Kelly.
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Blaine Oelkers
Blaine is a TEDx Speaker and leading authority in personal implementation and consistency. He is America’s only Chief Results Officer®. He’s a habit master with documented streaks of 1516 days in a row and counting! As a top LinkedIn Connector he has over 25,000 1st level connections. Blaine graduated from Purdue University and Stanford University’s Social Entrepreneurship Program. He is powered by Selfluence, a personal development and training company. He is excited to share with you ways you can take control of your life by taking control of yourself.
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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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