Special Guest Expert - Daniel Aaron

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Brian Kelly:
So here's the big question. How are entrepreneurs like us who have been hustling and struggling to make it to success, who seem to make it one step forward only to fall two steps back? Who are dedicated, determined and driven. How do we finally break through? With that is the question. This podcast will give you the answers. My name is Brian Kelly. And this is the Mind Body Business Show. Hello, everyone, and welcome, welcome, Welcome to the Mind Body Business Show. All right. I know I say this at the opening of Darn It, every show, but this one is extremely special. And I am super excited because we have none other than the amazing Daniel Aron who is going to be on here very, very soon. He's sitting in the green room right now, literally clawing at the glass saying, Let me in, Brian. I want to I want to be part of this and I kid you not. This guy is amazing. We've become really close friends. At least I feel that way. I don't know. We'll find out from him if he feels the same way. We have a good time together and he's just such a heartfelt, amazing, experienced, accomplished, successful human being. And I cannot wait to share his beauty, his brilliance, his essence with you, because that's what this show is all about. The Mind Body business show is a show I had put together with the intent, the sole intent of bringing you highly successful individuals so that when you listen to them, when they when they reveal their tips to success, all you have to do is, number one, write it down, the number to do it, take action on it. And there will be many things you can take away from Daniel tonight. I guarantee it. I know this man very well. Now at least I think I do. You always think you know somebody then? No, I'm kidding. He's not one of those. He is genuine and true to the core, and I cannot wait to share him with you. So the mind body business show is about bringing on very successful entrepreneurs from all over the world so that you can simply model their success.

Brian Kelly:
And it's about what I call the three pillars of success. Now, for about a decade or so, I studied and focused on successful people, successful business men, successful business women. And what I found over that course of time was that to become successful, they seem to have these three qualities, every single one to a person. And you may have guessed that those three qualities are part of the very title of this show Mind being mindset. To a person. Each of these successful individuals had a very powerful positive. And here's the most important part flexible mindset, the very key to being a successful entrepreneur. And then Bobby, each and every individual that I studied that was that had achieved, in my view, a high level of success, also took care of them, literally took care of themselves physically through either well, not either, but both exercise and nutrition and then business. One of my favorites, because business is so multifaceted, each individual had mastered all the skill sets necessary to create a thriving business and then also to scale it in, ever improve it, and keep growing it so they could serve more people and make this world a better place. And we're talking about skill sets that involve things like marketing, sales, team building, systematizing leadership. I mean, I could go on for quite some time and to master anything, including anyone's skill set, as you probably are aware, being an astute listener and viewer yourself is that to master anything can take a very long time. I think it's I forget the exact number. Maybe Daniel can correct me when he comes on, but around 10000 hours to become an expert in anything and a master, something is no different. The good news is you yourself do not do not have to master. Not even every skill set I just mentioned you yourself. The key is in leveraging and if you just master one skill set and one skill set only and it was actually one of that tiny subset of skills, as I just mentioned, then you're set because you can use that to leverage and bring in others who have those skills that you may not have me or you may never have because of just time and being on this planet, how long it takes.

Brian Kelly:
And that one skill set, if you're curious what that one is, we'll tell you next show. I'm kidding. I'll tell you right now, it is a skill set of. Leadership. The moment you have mastered that, or even if you're on your way to mastering that, you can start bringing in people who have mastered the skill sets of those other areas that you have not yet mastered. And now you can leverage their brilliance and their genius in those areas and build your business faster, bring them on your team. And that is another big part about this show is we're trying to give you we're not trying. We are giving you literally many shortcuts to success. All with authenticity, all with integrity. I wouldn't do it any other way. And speaking of that, another wonderful, amazing quality of very successful people that I found during all these times of studying them is that to a person they are also very avid readers of books. And with that, I want to segue very briefly, I promise briefly, then Daniel will be on to a quick segment I affectionately call Bookmarks.

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Brian Kelly:
Yes. Daniel. Aaron. He'll be on very, very soon, I promise. Yes. Richard Peck, library dot com. Real quick soapbox moment. Right. Those URLs down as we talk about them. As Daniel mentions resources and by the way, he has a gift to give away. And yes, so do we. We'll mention that as soon as we bring Daniel on. Definitely write down your URLs, web addresses, book titles, things like that, rather than succumb to the that itch of wanting to go click away and watch and look at it while the show is going. Here's why I would hate for your focus to be off looking at a resource while Daniel's talking, revealing that one golden nugget that could potentially change your life for the better forever. That would just be devastating to me personally. So I do this very same thing while I'm running the show. I literally am taking notes so I don't ask for or teach people to do anything that I myself wouldn't do. All right, enough of my soapbox moment, because just please stay focused and listen to every word Daniel has because he's coming on here in about a couple of minutes. So be ready real quick. Reach your peak library. That is a website that I had built by my team literally with you and mine. And the reason is, is because personally, I myself, I was not an avid reader until the age of 47, which was 11 years ago. Yeah, I know everyone's doing the math. And the thing is I realized, my gosh, this has a profound impact on my life. And so I began reading and what I did was I compile the list of books that were only those books that had a profound impact on me. In other words, not every book I've read since then made this list. So I had this put together with you and mine so that you could go find books that were at least vetted by one other successful individual and thereby increasing your odds of not wasting time. Reading the book doesn't guarantee that it will have the same effect on you or any as it did with me. But it does increase those odds.

Brian Kelly:
So that's why I put this together. So you can just jump in there. This is not for my making money. In fact, in all honesty, if you see a book you love and you have a go to place for shopping for your books or other things, then just grab the title, search for it in your other your other resource that you acquire them from and get it. The whole point of this is just read the next title that jumps out to you, read the description and just grab one. They're not in any order whatsoever. They're just kind of thrown in here. Not alphabetical, not none of that. So that way you can peruse through them. There are many great books in here, as you probably have just seen, if you're if you're watching live on the mind body business show real quick. If you're not, you should be because you get to engage and interact with amazing individuals like like Mr. Daniel Aaron. I mean, come on. So go to the mind body business show dotcom, the mind body business show dot com. Click on any of the buttons that say how and where to watch and then opt in and you'll just get reminded of the live show when we go live next. You'll also receive a gift of $300 worth just for doing that. And again, we don't we don't spam, we don't we don't pitch. We don't do any of that. Speaking of not spamming, not pitching and pitching and being a phenomenal individual who brings nothing but massive value, you can probably guess who's coming on right now. Let's bring him on, shall we? Here he comes.

Announcer:
It's time for the guest expert spotlight, savvy, skillful, professional, adept, trained. Big league qualified.

Brian Kelly:
And there he is, ladies and gentlemen. It is the one that is the only Mr. Daniel Aron. How you doing, Daniel?

Daniel Aaron:
So good. So good. Thank you for having me, Brian. Thank you for that kind introduction.

Brian Kelly:
Oh, you're very welcome. You know how your mom always says, don't point. Don't point? That's why I do it. Because I'm a rebel now. I love my mom. She was amazing. So I'm so excited for this. Daniel, you and I have spent literally hours together over so many different sessions on Zoom and strategizing. And that's why I'm so excited to have you on, because I know you at a deeper level than most get the opportunity to. And that's a good thing because you have such a wonderful, beautiful, golden heart and you also have incredible experience that is results oriented. You get people results when they come to Daniel Aaron, they walk away with results and that's because he puts everything, everything into everything he does. And I know this personally. I've seen the guy tick. He's very he's detail oriented to the point where everything he does is on point, but he doesn't overdo it and go through paralysis by analysis. He's got that wonderful balance where he makes it so it'll work and he just stops there and keeps moving on. And so the bottom line for him is for you to get results. And that's what I love about this guy. And just that he's he's become a dear friend of mine. We met sometime ago on another seminar. So I always say just show up, keep going to seminars and keep interacting with people and networking and you'll get to have an amazing experience and become friends with somebody like Daniel Aaron. Maybe you'll become a friend with everybody who watches the show. I don't know. What do you think, Daniel? Is that possible? Can you do that?

Daniel Aaron:
Indeed. So I feel like it's already happened.

Brian Kelly:
Yeah, I love it. So real quick, a little bit of housekeeping mentioned a gift. So Daniel has one he's going to be announcing here toward the end of the show. And also, you notice if you're watching, if you're watching, you should be watching live the big insider secrets. There's a stamp up there. It looks like a stamp. It's a logo, red and white. They're the sponsor of this very show that enables us to give away. I love this part. Every single show we get to give away a five night stay at a five star luxury resort. And these are places from all over the world. And you get to choose your destination. The winner gets to choose. You must be watching live. Stick with us to the end and I will reveal how you can enter to win that unbelievable prize. We had a winner last night, our last show, which was past Thursday, and I was excited to be able to give that away. And you also don't want to go anywhere because Daniel will be announcing some incredible high powered gifts as well. And so before I finally shut my trap and let Daniel do some talking, I'm going to give him the introduction he deserves because he is an amazing guy. Daniel Aaron is an inspirational author, speaker and CEO of, you guessed it, The Art of Vibrant Living and International Entertainment, Education and Empowerment Company. And he helps spiritual people raise their vibration and empowered actions in the realms of mindset, business, finances, health, emotions and practices so they can finally get their physical, earthly life to match up with their values, vision and potential. And yeah, he is an author. Ladies and gentlemen. Look at that big, beautiful book that I held up earlier, The Art of Spiritual Readership. We'll get into that a little bit, I hope, if Brian will ever stop talking. So, Daniel, when you get up in the morning, this is something of all people. I am so deeply interested to hear from you. When you get up in the morning. You're an entrepreneur, you've faced, you've faced adversity, you've faced challenges, you've faced setbacks. That's kind of the definition of an entrepreneur. But for you, when you get up in the morning because you're still doing this and you're still highly successful at it, when you get up in the morning, what is going on in that big, beautiful brain of yours when you wake up knowing there's another arduous task possibly looming or there's a deadline that, geez, I don't know how I'm going to make it, or there's a client that's upset or whatever. Now they can't be upset with you, but anything that's going on, what is it for you in your mind that's going on when you wake up, that keeps you driven and powering through each and every single day?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, that's it's a great question. And I guess I'll start by saying, you know. To the best of my ability. That world is not going on in my mind when I wake up. Like, I make a very strong point of keeping my phone on airplane mode and I don't turn it on to allow the outer world to enter until I have had invested in myself my connection to spirit, my own mindset. Which for me is probably at least an hour or sometimes more like 2 hours first thing in the morning to make sure that. This isn't exactly the right word. But. But that I'm. That I'm right with myself. That I am centered. That I have connected to something beyond myself. Because yeah, as you said, you know, every day in the world of entrepreneurship and really in the world of life guaranteed, we're going to we're going to face some obstacles. There can be some problems, There can be some things that don't go the way I wanted them to go.

Brian Kelly:
No way. Come on. Even you can't be true. That is it. Is that. Do you ever notice that that some people will look at someone that they perceive to be more successful than themselves and they put them on a pedestal and in their eyes they don't have the crap that happens all day long, multiple times a day that that they are going through the. Have you ever noticed that if you talk to people that fess up, that that's what they feel about?

Daniel Aaron:
Yeah. Yeah, I've never done that. Both hands up on.

Brian Kelly:
That one.

Daniel Aaron:
For sure. Yeah.

Brian Kelly:
Yeah. It's. It's cool to know for everyone out there that no matter how successful one is, actually, the more successful one becomes, the more stuff you have to actually deal with. It's not. It's the opposite of what a lot of people think. Are you finding that to be true, Daniel, where, you know, a lot of people think, well, I'll become successful, I can just swing on my hammock and drink those umbrella drinks and it's easy street from here on out because I achieve success. Or is it the opposite that it's even more and more challenges that come your way because you're scaling and growing?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, exactly. So, yeah, I mean, the more we grow, the more our capacity grows, the more life invites us to. Contribute more to understand, more to learn, to expand. It's part of why, even though I've been deeply immersed in the spiritual world for 30 years, I don't really like the word enlightened because it implies while dark and then light, it implies some finished state, and that's just not how it is. Life and evolution. Spirituality is all about continuing to grow and expand, and the way we do that is through challenges, opportunities, things that are at first not comfortable.

Brian Kelly:
And it just sounds like you're you're defining an entrepreneur when you say all that. I mean, that's what's that's what makes it such a perfect fit for you and what makes it so likely for you to be so successful because you already know the recipe and you know what to expect. That's one of the things I found that especially people just first starting out like I have nothing against network marketing whatsoever. I used to co-own a network marketing company, so I'll put that out there. But so many of those companies will put it out there. Their messaging is such that all you need to do is invite a few friends and tell your doctor and your neighbors and and then clone yourself into having one of those, be like you, and then sit back and rake it in. It's a super simple process and it's one of the hardest models to work at to be successful, because you have to do more than a typical, like you and I, Daniel entrepreneur, that are doing their own thing with their own services. We have more freedoms. We don't have policies and procedures to abide by that are constraining in many cases. But with network marketing, the messaging I've seen broadly, I'm painting with a very broad brush. This is in every company, but they seem to put that that teaser out there that, oh, it's easy, it's instant. You just you just recruit, recruit three people. They recruit three people and that's it. It's easy street, baby. What's the truth, Daniel? Is it like that?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, you know, I don't know that there are any shortcuts on on anything. Personal growth, entrepreneurship, multilevel marketing. I'm not a fan of the thing. It's all about hard work, because I don't believe that's true. That's a limiting belief. Though I do feel strongly that there is no pill that we can take or instant way to get success. There's a journey involved.

Brian Kelly:
Yeah. You know, we may have a slight disagreement on this one topic, but I always hear this one thing. Work smarter or work harder. No, work smarter, not harder. That's it. Work smarter, not harder. And I always say I have a different theory on that one. It's work smarter and work harder. Why not combine both and really kick it like exponential? I'm not saying to work yourself 14 hours a day and go crazy, but if you're working smarter, it enables you, in my humble opinion, to work harder because you just gave yourself some efficiency and some time to add more and make it about what you are working the same level as before. Does that make sense, or am I like off my rocker?

Daniel Aaron:
Oh, absolutely. I'm with you. It's the the smarter we work, the more effective we work, the better. We can create, we can serve, we can give. So our capacity expands. You know, there are for sure there's the fantasy that happens and the popular concepts of the what do you call it? The the law of attraction is, you know, just visualize and it will all come. It's just it's just it's faulty. It doesn't work that way. So, yeah, we're always looking for the sweet spot where it's like I am working smarter, I am putting in good effort and I'm also taking the time I need to take care of myself, my mindset, my body, my family, to have the recreation I need that, the balance of that. That's why I call so much of what I do the art of because there is no there's no science to it. We have to be feeling into it and adjusting all the time.

Brian Kelly:
That's one of the things I love about just life is that, you know, when I first started in this world, I was a completely different animal than I am today. Daniel I mean, I was very regimented. I grew up in a great family. I mean, can't say anything horrible about my parents ever because their intentions were always the best. But it was very regimented, discipline oriented because he was Air Force and it was go work a job, you know, get a job, retire and then die, you know, And that was the way to go. And I didn't realize it for a long time, but I wasn't wired that way. And it was like kind of keeping me constrained. And I'm like, What is wrong? I don't feel right. I don't want to do this anymore. So I did the corporate thing, and I'm so glad to find a way to break those shackles and get loosened from that, because for me it's freeing. But for a lot of people it may not be. So when you are doing your business. The Art of Vibrant Living, I want to jump right into it because what you do for people fascinates me and I want to learn even more about it myself. I mean, you're doing all these incredible, wonderful things behind the scenes that probably very few people are privy to. I'm not going to disclose them here. I just want people to know that Daniel takes his business very seriously because he takes you seriously his his potential clients and his current clients, and he takes your results seriously. It's really where it comes from because he loves everyone and he wants nothing but the best. And so for you, Daniel, your business, who is it that you cater to? What is your target market? And also. What kind of services do you provide for them? I mean, we kind of sort of teased in the opening with the bio, but I would like to get a little deeper. And then if you have a success story or two to share with that, I'd love to hear that as well. I'm going to bring up your website so people can get a look at that while you're explaining all this wonderful juice. How's that sound?

Daniel Aaron:
Yeah, that's great. Thank you. All right. Well, in terms of who I work with or who is attracted to my kind of work, the easiest way for me to say it is spiritual people who are craving more be that income impact money, meaning vibrancy. And it's a little bit silly to say spiritual people because the truth is everybody's spiritual. If we're alive or spiritual, it's the definition. Right? On the flip side of that, though, there are some people who really identify as spiritual. They have usually some really high aspirations in terms of their values, their vision, their potential, big hearts. And oftentimes it's those people who struggle on the business and financial level. So what I do is help them to adjust their their mindset, their way of seeing the world, their beliefs and their actions so that, yeah, their physical, earthly lives can actually match up to their that vision, values and potential as far as how I help them or what, what, what we do, it depends a little bit. I work with one class of people that really are just looking for transformation. They want to maybe they're a little bit stuck, maybe they know there's something else available for them. And so I have a seven week program called Living the Vibration of Vibrancy, and it's where we take spiritual technology, bring that together with some really core key principles and distinctions for life and create some actions and rituals that empower them. I think of it as the missing owner's manual for how to live a vibrant life that most of us just never got. And then then I have another program that's specifically for people who want to bring the business side in. It's called the Six Figure Spiritual Entrepreneur Program. And that's where I give guaranteed results to people to add six figures to the business or to create a business that is really in alignment with their with their values and their vision, where they're with their heart. That's congruent.

Brian Kelly:
Fantastic. So that involves developing a business in that one, and the latter one is that part of it.

Daniel Aaron:
For a lot of my clients, it does involve either developing a business or advancing the business that they already have.

Brian Kelly:
Okay. That's that's phenomenal. And guaranteed results. I mean, nobody can ever complain about something like that. And that's what I love. So you're seeing a lot of things. This is interesting, Daniel, because. I don't know, the last five or six guests that I've had on the show, they they have hit this in a different way. The same topic, though, is that if you find something you love and you're passionate about it and you know it, then your odds of succeeding are much greater. But if you're not doing something you love, if you're not doing something 100% passionate about it, it's a struggle. I can say that knowing I'm a card carrying member when I used to have a fitness business before the one I'm in now, I had no idea. I loved fitness. I loved everything about it. I didn't love it like I thought I would love what I'm doing now, which involves a lot of automation. But it's just amazing how that shift. It changed everything in every moment of every day of what I did, even the arduous task. They weren't that bad because the big game, the end result was, I love what I get to do. Do you find that is something that you are able to help people to find it if they haven't yet found what they're searching for? Or is that really kind of their own journey that they must go down and you just maybe guide them down that path?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, I suppose it's a combination of both those things. The two key concepts that come to mind for me that I think are both essential here. One is has to do with congruency, because if we are doing stuff in our business or in our life that really isn't in alignment with what we believe, what we feel, what we're passionate about, then it's like there's this, this rent that that opens up and we're torn apart and and we're always on some level sabotaging ourselves because. Because it's not true to who we are. We have to be integral. We have to have integrity. And then the other part is imposter syndrome, which is so I mean, it's a factor for everybody. What I find, though, especially with spiritual entrepreneurs, it's even stronger because it's so easy to have these idealized fantasy images of what it means to be spiritual. And so many people I work with, including myself, like every day come up against I'm not pure enough, I'm not spiritual enough, I'm not good enough, and therefore I shouldn't be here. Who wants to hear from me? And of course, it's the process of working with both those issues, the incongruence that can plague us, as well as the imposter syndrome that empowers us and becomes a significant part of the value we offer others as we as we even want to say the word conquer, because that implies an ending. But as we continue to move toward mastery in those areas in our own life, then we have more and more value to bring to other people. We're automatically a model for that and empowering other people. So that makes.

Brian Kelly:
Sense. Yeah, I'm curious. Like so when someone is going down the path of mastering something and they're not yet there, but they are doing some things that provide value, isn't there always a tendency to feel like you're still an imposter as you're going down the path of becoming mastering a certain skill set or service or whatever that happens to be that you're offering people? And if so, when does that actually in your work, when does that finally stop? When you finally feel like I'm no longer an imposter? I get it. I mean it. This is this is the real deal. And there is no imposter syndrome going on at all. This is it.

Daniel Aaron:
Yeah, that's that's a great question. And personally, I don't know if it if it does ever stop. It does. It has for me it has shifted its, its tone, its power, its level of hold on me. Right. Because it no matter how far we go, like we were speaking of earlier, life or spirit is always inviting us to grow more. And when we hit that perceived limit of I'm worth this much or I'm this good, we have to break through that. That said, if we've if we've had enough, enough times of doing it, we start to spot it a little sooner and go, Oh yeah, I know you, that's imposter. So I'm not okay. Thank you. Okay, I recognize you. I appreciate your helping me to expand and and let's go. So the cycles become shorter. Or in psychological terms, the refractory periods are shorter. We spend less time in doubt and suffering and more time in. All right, Let's. Let's do what we need to do to move beyond this.

Brian Kelly:
I love it. I love it. I'm going to take a quick step back and a break. And I'm going to I want to expand more on this in just a moment because I want to pre frame something here. People will get it after it happens. But a quick ad spot and then we're going to come right back. So don't go anywhere. You either, Daniel. And we'll be right back. Just a moment. So if you're struggling with putting a live show together and it's overwhelming and maybe you just want a lot of the process is done for you while still enabling you to put on a high quality top shelf show and enabling you to connect with great people just like Daniel Aaron and grow your business all at the same time, then you'll want to head on over to carpet bomb marketing and write that down. Don't head on over there, write it down. Carpet bomb marketing dot com. Saturate the marketplace with your message. Now there's a real good reason I wanted to put that up there, because what's happening right now is Daniel is dropping some serious knowledge bombs, bombs of wisdom. And we're going to have some fun with that here real, real soon. And so as they're going through this journey of eradicating or limiting or reducing that imposter syndrome feeling. What are some things that they can do while they're going through that journey, or is it just simply what I would call seat time? Like if you're an auto racer, it just takes more time in the seat, it takes more time doing it, and that will help you to overcome that imposter syndrome because experience trumps all. I mean, what do you say to that?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, certainly time in the seat makes a difference. And yeah, there are things to do. One of the things that I encountered as is a common and significant problem for people I work with is they have that imposter syndrome, right? They're people that are oriented spiritually, but then they feel like, Oh, I'm not worthy, I don't have I'm not pure enough. And so I say, Well, what are you doing? You know what? What kind of spiritual practice are you engaged in? How are you consciously growing? What's your level of introspection? Because there's never an end to imposter syndrome, because there's never an end to our growth. That said, we know if we are not taking the steps, if we're not doing the things that we think we should be doing, like for years I taught yoga, you know, physical yoga classes. And if I stood up in front of a group and said, okay, well, you know, yoga is really wonderful for you and do this and do that and do this. But I wasn't doing that stuff myself. I felt like a liar. I felt incongruent, I felt inauthentic. So, yeah, there are things to do to be in alignment with not just what we say, but what we believe, so that we are constantly growing into our best, most congruent self.

Brian Kelly:
And it's it's such a cool topic and I'm harping on it for a reason. And one of is just personal experience. Just, I mean, fairly recently within the past year or so, I finally hit that spot where I thought, I don't have that feeling anymore. I honestly don't. The imposter syndrome is gone because I found the sweet spot of what I love to do, and I love it, which meant that I got really good at it. Otherwise I wouldn't like it if I wasn't good at it. If I wasn't good at something, I probably wouldn't like it at all. And so I got to that point and it was like this unbelievable liberty and freedom, knowing that I could just be comfortable in my own skin. And if someone asked me a question and I and I disagree with it, I would just disagree with it or if it was something that I couldn't do or that wasn't part of my program or service, that's just not what I provide. Sorry. And I can stand behind it. And if it's something I can do, I crush it, you know? And so it's just it's so wonderful to put the work in day in and day out where you finally get to that point. And it's there's so many things going on. It's like, is this something I'm passionate about? Is it something I really enjoy doing? Am I really good at it? Can I get results for the other person? Which is really where the rubber meets the road? Can you get the results for your clients? So it's just it's a wonderful journey and as long as you stick to it and don't ever give up. I mean, you talked about something in the beginning. I don't know if you use this exact word, Daniel, but you said something about routines or doing something like when you get up, you have your your phone on airplane mode. How important are establishing routines no matter what time of the day? I mean, I don't know if you coach people to a certain time or if you coach it at all, but I could imagine you probably do. How important are routines or doing something methodically each and every day? How important are those to one's level of success, in your opinion?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, I'd say the only significance to them is that they're absolutely 100% essential. You know, I think it was Aristotle who said, man is their habits, right? Woman is their habits. Who we are is what we do repeatedly. And, you know, and it was also Mendicino great success coach who said the only difference between success and failure is the habits that we have. So when we can develop a habit that serves us and then it becomes automatic for us, it's it's like it's making a deposit in who we want to be in our success. And it happens automatically. You know, and people sometimes struggle with that idea and we say, Well, do you brush your teeth? Right? And most people do, or they don't want to admit it, so everybody raises their hands. So that's a habit. It's something that we developed and it serves us in the same way. To me, absolutely essential. You keep the phone off of off of engagement first thing in the morning. Make sure you have some time for what I call the sea dip creative, dynamic, inward process. In other words, take a moment to or a couple of moments to really look at who, who, who do you want to be? What's your future self? What are you creating? Just. And as you mentioned earlier, mind body business. Use your physical body. Move it. Absolutely essential. And there are different ways of doing all these things, too. And I've got my kind of proprietary methods, which I think are the most effective ones. But absolutely having positive rituals that go on automatic are incredibly important.

Brian Kelly:
It's interesting. I mean, I love this because of all these successful entrepreneurs I've interviewed, and it's been well over three years of doing this show now. I would say 95% of them have a standard routine or two, like some will do it in the morning, some at night, some both. But and they were all very different from each other. It wasn't the act that was so important. It was what fit them and what got them, the results they were looking for that was important. And for those that didn't have a routine, I would just say you just heard what their routine was. If you don't have one, try that one and see how that fits and it doesn't change some things up. Watch the show again. You'll see another routine as as we bring on someone else. And it's interesting because I used to do this thing as well, which I fallen off the bandwagon of doing, which was reading affirmations as part of my routine. And I noticed things got better, Things were working more seamlessly. And then whatever happened and I lost track and I stopped doing it. Just like when you work out and you just stop going to the gym for whatever reason. Then things started not being so easy anymore. I'm like, Wow, there's something to this. I think it's, you know, what do you think? Is it something to do with kind of programing your mind, your subconscious, to kind of do it on autopilot, what you're seeking, what you're focusing on, or what's your opinion is? It's something else?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, I mean, let's see if I'm responding accurately to your question. What's essential to know about ourselves? All of us is we have at least two parts, right? We've got what I call the human animal part, the survival part, Right. The part that really all it cares about is ongoing life survival. And so to that part, any discomfort, any change is dangerous. But then we get the other part, which is what I call human spirit or the eternal soul. And its aim is growth and adventure. And comfort is the the opposite of that. So what happens for a lot of us is we do some some things that are successful for us. We have affirmations or we meditate or whatever it is we do, and then at a certain point we go, Oh yeah, things are good, cool. Well, and then we get comfortable and we stop doing those things. And then because life is about growth, if we're not growing, we're dying. It's one way or the other. Then we start going backwards and we start feeling, Oh, I'm not, I don't feel so good anymore. And then usually at a certain point we go, Oh yeah, what are those things that actually help me to move in the direction I want to go instead of backwards? Yeah, so that makes sense.

Brian Kelly:
Yeah. And it's like universal because I kind of mentioned working out too, because that would happen a lot where I'd fall off the bandwagon after working out and just going, Oh my God, I feel great. I'm alive. I mean, meaning voracious, like just energetic exercise is like the best drug on. A planet without any side effects except for living a great life. And then I would have those moments like weeks where I wouldn't do anything and go, Man, I'm starting to feel like crap. I need to work out again. I just knew that that was the the, the right prescription for what I was going through. Similar with, you know, what you're talking about and curious about the proprietary routine that you have, Is that involved in any of the programs you mentioned a little bit earlier that you offer?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, absolutely. Yeah. I mean, to me, it's it's core to everything. When I when I spoke about the missing owner's manual, part of what I mean by that is. We know everybody knows this on some level. Everything that is around us in the world, all the physical things, the people in our lives, everything. Started. Where? Well, it started as a concept that started in energy. So years ago, when Einstein said the field is the sole governing environment for the particle. What that means is first there is energy, then there is a physical thing. So some people talk about that as the law of attraction or visualization, and there's something to that, of course. So if we understand that to create something, we have to imagine it. And then that's where Einstein said imagination is more important than knowledge. We have to be able to imagine it, visualize it, feel it right, and do that repeatedly. And it stands to reason then, that if we do that poorly, we're going to get poor results. If we do that sporadically, we're going to get sporadic results if we get good at that. And I would venture to say that's one of the most important skills in life, then we're going to get better and better at that and call that creating manifesting. However we want to phrase it. It's how we. Create the life that we want.

Brian Kelly:
The cool thing is I get to tell everyone that's watching and listening to this is that Daniel is a product of the product. I mean, we've had some really cool conversations. I'm not going to reveal any of them here. It's just I can just tell everyone, with all the sureness that he practices what he preaches and he sometimes will double down on what he practices. I'll just put it that way, just to apply that extra oomph when necessary. And the cool thing is, he's doing exactly I'm sure, what he's teaching you and his clients to do to get the results that you want to end that I humbly think that they deserve as well. Anyone seeking something by going to someone like Daniel, in my opinion at that moment, they they deserve it because they're already looking for ways to improve not only their own lives, but once they do that because it all starts with ourselves. Once you improve yourself, you are now enabling yourself to improve other people's lives at a much greater level. And that's another thing that I know. Daniel takes care of himself. I get to talk to him and he also takes care of his family. He's a family man. He's a great guy. I just want to lift him up even further. I don't know if I can lift him further up than he already is, but I'm going to do my best to keep doing that, push him up even higher, I think, because people I want people more people to come in contact with you, Daniel, and to to realize what a great guy you are. And not only that, but what you can do for people that they don't even have an idea right now. I know I would have been one of those people like, I have no idea what I don't know what I don't know right now. So tell me, what do you know, Daniel, they can do to fix me up? And one of the things I always get a question for routines as an example, is what's the sweet spot For how long does it take to get through one? Like how early in the morning do I have to get up to get through the routine to finish it so I can actually get to do some work and get this business moving? Do you have any kind of recipe for the length of time it should take, or is that pretty much up in the air?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, yeah, there's a few guidelines that we can pop in there. I mean, first thing is. Creating a routine or playing with our existing routine. One, it has to be sustainable. Right. So when people start meditating and I have mixed feelings about that word meditation, but we can talk about that later if, say, they're meditating or doing some kind of prayer or visualization. Much better to say to ourselves, I'm going to do this for 5 minutes a day, right? Because then if I do it for 5 minutes every day, I am honest with myself. I can look at myself in the mirror and know that I've done what I said I'm going to do. That means I have integrity. That means I can trust myself much better that than saying I'm going to do this for an hour every day. And then after three days being like, Oh, I can't do it. It's too much. Plus, if we say I'm going to do it for 5 minutes a day, what happens often is, well, that felt so good. Yeah, I want to do a bit more, but then it becomes extra, it becomes bonus. And so for everybody, you know, everybody has to find their own way, the art of their own vibrant life. And it depends on like for me, it changes all the time depending on what the demands of the day are. Yeah. Do I, do I have a busy day with things I'm doing with my daughter, with my business, with clients, with appearances. Well, then that day I might have to get up earlier. You know, you mentioned doubling down earlier. I love this thing that Martin Luther King Jr, one of my heroes, said somebody interviewed him and said, Dr. King, I understand that every morning you pray, you know, how do you do that when you're schedule so demanding, there's so much responsibility. He thought about it for a minute. He said, Yeah, it's true. I do have a lot of responsibilities and I have a lot of demand on me. And on those days when the demand is even higher, when my schedule is even fuller, I get up extra early and I pray for twice as long on those days because I need to fill up my self, in his words, with with Holy Spirit.

Daniel Aaron:
But whatever it is for us to get to get resourceful, to get strong, to get clear in ourselves, the bottom line is there is no exact recipe. It depends on what works. And for me, for years, I mean, years and years, I had to push myself like, you know, hit myself. Come on, have some discipline, have some discipline. Well, eventually that that passed because I got to really experience. If I don't do this stuff, this is what my life is like. This is what I feel like. If I do these things, this is what my life is like. This is what it feels like. And so it becomes natural because I feel the connection to the benefits that come.

Brian Kelly:
Hmm. Man Because that's me right there. The discipline is like beating myself to do it all the time. It was always a struggle. Still. Still to this day, it's like, Oh, God, you know, I didn't sleep good last night, so I really don't feel like doing it right, you know, stuff like that. Life's moments. And I love that story. That was Dr. Martin Luther King. Was that who that was? Yeah. Phenomenal. Because I was almost thinking, I'll bet I know what he's going to say, but to get up earlier, that was even better to say that. And that that really parallels the personal chat you and I had and what your reaction to it was. And you were doing something similar and that was phenomenal. And that the reason I bring that up is because, again, it's very important for people, everyone listening and everyone watching that when you connect with somebody and when you want to do something to improve your life and you find that one person that has the knowledge, the skills, the recipes, the guidance to give it to you, you want to do it from somebody who is a practitioner of what they are preaching. And that's why I bring it all up, because this is the man that does it. If you're looking for, you know, you might find somebody that is a someone who is, what do we call it, imposter syndrome. And they sound great. They're polished speaker, they're polished in sales. And then when you get to the finish line or finish line, the starting line, and it's time to get the result, you're left with holding a bag of empty cash that you gave them to do nothing for you. So it's very important that you vet the people that you work with. And I can, with great confidence, say that this man is someone that will get you the results you're looking for and he'll go to the end of the earth. I just I just feel it with this guy and I. I say this guy and he's right next to me. And I wanted to also bring up this amazing work you just finished recently. I think it was recently The art of Spiritual Leadership.

Brian Kelly:
And look at this. This is not not just your little handout guide. This is a full, bona fide, wonderful, amazing book. Look at that beautiful thing. I was curious, if you wouldn't mind. I mean, I'm reading the back cover of all these people that you've impacted that have put their thoughts on here. The stories and lessons in this book will change your life and benefit us all. I mean, that's quite a statement. That was Joseph McClendon, the third another author. My gosh, listening to Daniel Aaron's account of his years of searching and self discovery is a little like following the story of the early wanderings of the set of Martha Gautama, the Buddha. I couldn't even say that right. But I get the Buddha. That was the worst one I could have picked to read, isn't it? It's one I understand very well. I understood the last one. I just couldn't pronounce it. The art of spiritual leadership will bring you instant upgrades. Ones that will change your life and our world. See, there's a common theme. It's changing one's own life and others who are impacted by this book. If you don't mind, take a few moments and talk about the reasoning behind wanting to write this book. And then what is this book all about? It is like the user guide you've been talking about all this time that we don't have, but maybe we do have it. I don't know if I'm on clothes or not, but I'll put you on solo so you can pull up your book if you want and and sing its praises because that was. It looks like it was a life's work. I mean, there's a lot of great stuff in here.

Daniel Aaron:
Well, thank you. I appreciate that. And yeah, the subtitle So The Art of Spiritual Leadership 40 Laws to Transform Your Life in the World. And for me, what my motivation was, it's great working with private clients. It's great having these group coaching programs. I love the live events that I've run for years in person events and. I want to be there to be able to help and affect beneficially more people. So what I realized years ago is what works best in transformation. Education is storytelling. And when I'm on stage and I'm working with a group of people, a lot of what I do is tell stories. Some of them are from my own life. Most of them are from people that we know or people we haven't met yet who have overcome obstacles, who have transformed. And when we hear stories, it lifts us up. And while it's not our story, you know, say what Tina Turner did or what the Buddha did, right? That's not our story yet. We can imagine ourselves in that. And so we are automatically transforming, right? If somebody stands up in front of us and says, You need to do this, you need to do this, well, that works for some people, but a lot of people are like, Yeah, I'm close enough to that. So if instead we can be entertained, we can go on a journey, a ride through stories, and by doing that, by sitting in those stories, by sleeping in that t. We get transformed, we learn things, we grow. So that's what was about for me. I was like, How can I create an experience that's fun for people, that's interesting, that carries them along and also helps them to get great results in their life. So there's also each chapter has a set of exercises that are optional and people can play with and do, and it's been great. It just came out last year and, you know, it's really fun. It's just another way of being able to support people and reach people.

Brian Kelly:
And it's amazing because I know firsthand for me, I've been writing a book for not actively for years and I'm like 95% done with it and I'm still not there yet. I can understand or relate if it took some it took some serious dedication and discipline to write this. I'm imagining I'm sure it was a work of love, but something like this doesn't come out in a couple of days unless you're Daniel Aaron, maybe, but not at all.

Daniel Aaron:
And you know, and to address another part of what you asked, Brian, leadership and the way I phrase the title, you know leadership we often think of as I'm leading others but 40 laws to transform your life and the world points to something we all know, of course, which is who do we lead? First and foremost, it's ourselves, right? Can I get myself to do the things I tell myself are important? Can I have my own life in order? Can I create myself to be in the kind of states that I know feel good for me are uplifting for my family, my community, my clients, my business? It all starts from within. And when we create those positive changes and momentum in ourselves, then we are automatically creating benefit for others. We're automatically leading others. So whether someone is saying, Hey, I want to be in a formal position of leadership in whatever way that is or not, they're just going about their life, whether they're a student or a househusband or a housewife or, you know, a code or whatever they are. Our vibration individually is affecting other people all the time.

Brian Kelly:
I love that you hit that vibration thing. See, that was where my old self I'd be going, Whoa, that's a bunch of woo woo, you know, And that that came out with The Secret and the movie that came out and all that. That was where everyone got their first glimpse, I think, into. I can't think of the name of the book. It's. It's just escaping me thinking grow rich. You know, a lot of the concepts came from that book, and there was a lot more written on the topic than in that one book, which we later found I mean, amazing, like secrets to Success that weren't availed to the common person back then. And then the secret kind of started opening that veil. And at first I'm like, Yeah, whatever. You can't just sit there and say, I'm going to I'm going to think myself into riches. It's not as simple as it sounds, but it is simple because all you have to do is practice it and it comes with a matter of what do you say to those that are resisting Daniel, because of a belief system? Maybe they're thinking there is no way what you're saying is going to help me in my life. It ain't going to happen. So convince me.

Daniel Aaron:
Sure. Well, first thing I would say is, hey, you get to choose whatever you want. You know, there's a wonderful saying, which is argue for your limitations and they shall be yours. On the flip side, one of my colleagues and astrologer friend, I love the thing she says, which is believe nothing, entertain possibilities. Because if we are so entrenched in our beliefs and they are limiting beliefs, disempowering beliefs, well, that's the end of the line. That's as far as we go. So I don't suggest that anybody just believes something I said. They take it on as a hypothesis, as an experiment. Don't take my word for it, try it out, see, put some energy into it and see what results you get. But if we any of us, like a parachute, stay close. It's just not going to work.

Brian Kelly:
If that isn't a bomb dropping moment, I don't know what is, brother. Here we go. Yes. Smart bombs, knowledge bombs, bombs of wisdom that all defines Mr. Daniel Aron as I lose my voice. He is amazing, dude. Water. Water. And that's incredible. It bombed the voice right from my throat. That was awesome. Yes. So, God, that was a beautifully, eloquently response. Response eloquently responded to question because it all came down to it's that person's choice. And that's it, isn't it? Isn't it interesting, Daniel, that our choice of succeeding or not can literally be a one or a zero, a choice, a decision we made and stick to whether it's for success or whether it's not and not you. People don't intend to say, I don't want to be successful. But once they learn that they do have a choice and it really comes down to, oh, how did you you said argue for your limitations and what was the.

Daniel Aaron:
Rest of that? They shall be yours.

Brian Kelly:
I mean, that's perfect. You know, my my mentor, whom you know, Mel Cutler. I don't think he coined this, but he said something to the effect of you can either let circumstances control your attitude. Or you can let your attitude dictate your circumstances. And the beautiful thing is we're all human beings. Daniel is no exception. He is a human. And just just in case you weren't sure, those of you watching and listening, he definitely is. We all have this thing called emotions. That's the beauty of being a human being. And some of those are negative, meaning, anger, sadness, hurt, guilt. And those are natural. We do all, including Daniel, go through these negative emotions when circumstances smack us upside the head. We're like, Oh, crap, what happened? The difference between someone like Daniel and someone who's not as successful is the choices Daniel makes in responding to these situations. How quickly does he get over that negative emotion? How quickly does he choose to say, All right, that happened for me. I can learn from that. And now I'm going to focus on what I want. That is the key. And Daniel has has well, Daniel has the key. That's the lock. And Daniel has the key. And limiting, limiting beliefs. That's a big one in NLP circles where I come from, where there are exercises that you can literally eradicate limiting beliefs within 7 minutes per belief. It's like. It's like magic, but it's awesome. And so I would never have had these thoughts. Daniel I mean, if we had this talk 12, 13 years ago, I would have said, You're full of it, man. You're crazy, dude. But I've learned a lot in the last 12 years that opened my mind, like you said, with a parachute. That's the key. Is one of those three deadliest words any of us could either utter out loud or even into our own brain that will just completely freeze and halt all future learning and expansion and growth. I know that, right? And if you catch yourself saying that, not you, Daniel, because I still catch myself saying it, but I don't think Daniel would.

Brian Kelly:
And that is you could catch yourself saying that. I know that. And I wonder what else I can learn from that because that will open it back up. And that way you're not kicking yourself in the butt for saying, I know that. It's like, Hey, you made a mistake, Get over it, move on. So that was a great wow. That was like the whole show because we just ended. I just looked at the clock and because of Daniel's incredible genius, we're going to go a few more minutes, if that's okay with you. Daniel, I know you're all the way in Hawaii, so it's like, what is it, nine in the morning? Now, I know it's not quite that early, but you do have Daniel does have a couple of gifts to give out. So we're going to get to that. We're also going to get to the the five nights date, a five star luxury resort. That's coming up, like right in a moment. And before we end every show, Daniel, I love to ask every guest this one final question. And the reason is this one final question is because of what I experienced when I did ask it kind of randomly throughout shows, I sprinkle it in and I thought, my gosh, these answers are just off the charts, profound. These are amazing. And so I thought, I'm going to end every show with this because it's a great way to end. It's an uplifting way to end. And I know you're going to love it and you're going to crush it on your answer to it. Before we do that, as promised, I'm going to put it up on the screen. Everyone who sees this, write this down, don't meet, no need to go to it and start entering. Yet I will be myself and my team will be monitoring the entries after the show is over. You have at least an hour after the show's over, so write this down and then enter after we say good night. So here it is on the screen for Lose You the one to enter. And you. Oh my gosh. If you're watching, you should enter our WIP dot.

Brian Kelly:
I am for vacation. Write that down. That is the URL our wip am for slash vacation guest experts are allowed to enter as well. I've actually had someone win. No kidding. It's pretty cool. One ask. Can I enter like? Sure. Why not? They win. I'm like, Oh that's awesome. So again, that's our waypoint for vacation. A five night stay and a five star luxury resort of your choosing in many, many areas of the world. Some are five nights, a lot of them are, some are fewer nights. You get to choose, and it's all compliments of our amazing sponsors at the big Insider Secrets dot com. That's my buddy Jason Nast, another good friend of mine who has enabled us to do this unbelievable thing every single show. And then there is the amazing Daniel Aaron who has a couple of gifts. So let's get to those real quick and then don't go anywhere. You do not want to miss this last question because it's a doozy. I love it. So if you don't mind, I'm going to put this up on the screen, Daniel, and let you take it away as far as what the first of the two wonderful gifts you have for folks.

Daniel Aaron:
Yeah, well, the first thing is what I have come to now with 30 years of deep diving into how to create and live a vibrant life. And it's my top ten tips. It's a it's a short guide. And just like you were saying before, Brian, the question isn't, Oh, do I know that it's to what degree in my living that to what degree am I applying that? And what I have found over and over again with these ten tips, What what what are the most essential things for having a thriving life is the biggest room in my house is the room for improvement. And so with every one of these tips, I still find room for myself to grow and expand and apply them more in my life. And you know, and if you go for that, then I also give you a little video series with some back up videos to expand upon it if you wish. Oh.

Brian Kelly:
My goodness. And the cost for this is going to be.

Daniel Aaron:
It's a it's a gift.

Brian Kelly:
Oh, that's awesome. And I appreciate that. I love that. The biggest room in everyone's house is room for Improvement. That would epitomize. It's like a lot of success, I think, to have that kind of mindset right there. And you can get this at the website that is located at Daniel Aaron. So that's Daniel with Aaron spelled with two A's a our own dot com for tips. So those you listening on podcasts you can go to Daniel Aaron dot com for such tips. Those of you watching you can see it on the screen and just write it down and then visit it after the last question which is coming up in just a moment. And then we had you know, Daniel doesn't just stop there. He's going to say, I'm going to give away two things. I said, All right, if you want to. Here we go. So I'm going to put that up on the screen and you're going to love this one. Here we go. Go ahead, Daniel. Take it away.

Daniel Aaron:
Well, you know, Brian, with your great commitment to books, leaders, our readers, the Read your Peek library, this is a bigger investment for people, not a financial investment. Because this is also a gift, though, to get the benefits of it. It requires the investment of actually reading, putting some energy into it. And I love the thing Jim Rohn said, Make sure you read every day if you have to skip a meal, skip a meal, but don't skip your reading. So this is the e-book PDF version of my book that we were speaking of earlier.

Brian Kelly:
Wow. And what's the cost of this bad boy?

Daniel Aaron:
It's also a.

Brian Kelly:
Gift. It is unbelievable. I kind of knew that, but I wanted to hear it. So this. This is not a small gift. Ladies and gentlemen, this is like. This is like a person's. Would you call it your life's work, or is it that profound for you? Do you have other books you've authored that I'm not aware of?

Daniel Aaron:
I have. And you know, you're funny earlier talking about it's a thick book. It's not a pamphlet. The funny thing is when I you know, I wrote several versions before I got to this, and the last stage before this was it was literally twice as long. And, you know, and my publishing coach kept on me saying, it's just too long. You got to get it cut down. So I just kept trying to make it more and more essential as to what's most important. So, yeah, you know, life's work, it's it's the best I know for transformation and again, delivered through stories.

Brian Kelly:
And you just gave it as a gift. And that's, that's, that's the true essence of Daniel Aron. And here's the URL for those of you that are listening on podcasts, even if you're watching live, I will say it for you as well. Daniel Amazon.com forward slash spiritual dash or a hyphen, if you prefer, leadership. So Daniel Aron remember to as Daniel Aron dot com forward slash spiritual dash leadership important note everything after the forward slash on any domain name is case sensitive so after the forward slash in this case every letter is lowercase spiritual leadership all lowercase. Daniel Aron, you can mix the case on Daniel Aron and your fight. So that is beautiful. Thank you so much for that, my good friend and buddy and pal. My goodness. I mean, this guy is on on a path for massive success beyond what he's already achieved. And I know that because I work with this guy on a regular basis and I don't why I keep calling you this guy that's just so in, like, not not personal, impersonal. That's a word. But this dude, Daniel Aron, is just a joy to work with. He he's so determined to get the results and increase the results. Take it to the next level. You can see it in here. And everything he's saying here tonight, he's got a lot to offer. And dare I say, he's got a lot to offer to you. And so with that. Real quick, before we do that, one question that I keep teasing about, there is a way for folks to apply to get more information from you to maybe have a chat with you. If you wouldn't mind. I would be more than happy to put that up on the screen here in just a moment. Give people a little bit about what that is all about.

Daniel Aaron:
Yeah, sure. And you were you were kindly and accurately describing earlier about my insistence on getting results for people or helping people to get to results. There's a caveat to that, which is I can't and won't work with everyone. So for me, you know, I need to make sure that it's a fit. So before I work with anyone, whether it's for living, the vibration of vibrancy or the six figure spiritual entrepreneur entrepreneur program, it starts with just me understanding you, what you're up to, what you want to create, and kind of measuring for both of us. Is it a fit? Could we work together? And for me, can I make sure? Can I guarantee that I can get your results? So if you feel some resonance and you're like, Yeah, you know, I'd like to explore us, I'd like to get some help, then my invitation to you is let's have a chat. And so the URL is Daniel, Amazon.com, forward slash Apply a couple of questions so I can understand you a little bit better and then you can look directly into my calendar and and we can meet. And whether it's a fit or not, I will make sure that you get some great value out of it through the questions I ask, the clarity you get. And if I feel like I can't serve you, I will point you in the direction of some other resources that will help for sure.

Brian Kelly:
Oh, my goodness. And there was a lesson right there. Daniel, as you were explaining, the fact that you don't work with everyone. I hope everyone, like, looked at that through another lens. Not just on the receiving end of a potential future client of Daniel's. Also, as yourself, a business owner and what you should be doing. Be discerning over who you allow into your world. Make sure they are a fit. Not everyone with a credit card that has room on it that can pay for your program is a fit. Let's just put it that way so you can have clients that literally become cancers to your company in the way that they will. They will just suck your time dry with complaints and all these other things, or it's just a value misalignment. And that's what part of what Daniel will be determining and you will be with him together, determining if you're a mutual fit because it's a two way street. And that's the beautiful thing, because Daniel's going to be choosing whether or not you're fit. Not everyone will be. And you know, if that's the case, like he said, you'll walk away with a lot of value, some golden nuggets, and I can just guarantee that's going to happen. I just know Daniel too well. So that's Daniel at CNN.com. Forward slash apply Daniel, Amazon.com, forward, slash, apply. Remember, apply is all lowercase. All right. We've gone over probably more than almost any other show I've done. And that's because of this amazing dude. He's just awesome and I can't let him go. I'm going to have separation anxiety when we're done, so. Daniel, this question that we're getting in the show with it is profound. And here's the cool thing about it. There is no such thing as a wrong answer. It doesn't exist. In fact, the exact opposite is the case. The only correct answer besides the poodle walking by is. Your answer? Yes. You just went by your your left shoulder. It was awesome. We got a little animation going on. So he's like digging into this.

Daniel Aaron:
Like, what is this going to be? He's stuck. I love.

Brian Kelly:
It. Not stuck. He's just focused. Are you ready for the big question? Bring it on. Bring it already. Stop it. All right, here we go. Daniel Aaron. How do you. Define. Success.

Daniel Aaron:
Huh? That is such a great question. You know, the way I think of it and what I think of the art of vibrant living is success is 100% up to you What's meaningful and important to you. Now, I think fulfillment, happiness, gratitude, joy, love. That's part of the equation. But the art of vibrant living and success is 100% according to your definition. And so success is do you get what you want to create in your life? I love the thing Christopher Morley said. I remember this being on the refrigerator in my home when I was a kid. Since success is living the life you choose. Hmm.

Brian Kelly:
Hmm. You know how that's going to end this show, don't you? You know what's happening? Here it comes. Keep the smart bombs, bombs of wisdom, knowledge, bombs that is all the epitome of one and only. Mr. Daniel Aaron. Ladies and gentlemen, this guy is the bomb. No pun intended. He is an amazing guy. Definitely reach out to him. Is your website the best means for people to connect with you, Daniel? Or do you have any alternative ways for them to do that?

Daniel Aaron:
Well, ma'am, most of the social media platforms, whether it's YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, though my site's easy way and everything's there as well.

Brian Kelly:
I love it. So be sure to go grab your book Free copy of The Art of Spiritual Leadership $40 to Transform Your Life and the World and the Tips. What was it, ten tips. That's another free gift. My goodness. The guys just giving giving. And then if you feel you're a fit with him to take this to the next level, be sure to go to Daniel, CNN.com, forward, slash apply and just treat it and him with the utmost respect and he will do the same for you. I already know that that's inherent and really just make valid and good use of your time with him both. Your time is valuable. And I know that's what Daniel would say as well, that your time is valuable. So just get into it. He will lead the discussion and find out if you guys are a fit to take it to that next step. That could change your life literally forever. And it's got this unbelievable guarantee that you just you've got to dig into it. So, Daniel, I just want to say thank you, brother. I know. And thank you for staying on late, even though it's not that late. In a way, it is late because you're spending more time than we signed up for. So I appreciate that, brother.

Daniel Aaron:
Well, Brian, thank you. It's such a joy to be with you. I love the work that you're doing in the world. You know, the way you are helping people to create shows like this. The amazing knowledge and expertise you've been helping me with in the automation world is just astounding. So it's a real joy to be here, and I appreciate the opportunity.

Brian Kelly:
Oh, man. I love you, brother. All right. With that. Yeah, truly. With that, we do have to sign off. We don't have to. But out of respect for everyone watching and listening and for this amazing guy, Daniel Aaron, I am Brian Kelley, the host of the Mind Body Business Show. And until next time we come on, please, please do your best to go out there and continue to serve others, help others to crush it, and above all, be blessed. Everyone, take care for now. Have a great one. Thank you for tuning in to the. Mind Body Business Show podcast at www.TheMindBodyBusinessShow.com my name is Brian Kelly.

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Narrator :
So, here's the big question. How are entrepreneurs like us, who have been hustling and struggling to make it to success, who seem to make it one step forward, only to fall two steps back. Who are dedicated, determined, and driven. How do we finally break through and win? That is the question, and this podcast will give you the answers. My name is Brian Kelly, and this is The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show.

Brian Kelly:
Hello, everyone, and welcome, welcome, welcome to The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show. Super excited for tonight's show. We have not just one, not two, not three, but four, four amazing guest experts who are joining me tonight right here on this very stage.

Brian Kelly:
They are waiting in the wings at this moment. So let's get busy. Shall we? The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show, that is a show about what I call the three pillars of success, and that came about as a result of my study of only successful people in the last decade or so. And these patterns kept bubbling to the top and those patterns being mine, which is mindset set. Each and every successful person, to a person, had a very powerful and flexible mindset. So I learned that and said," I need to implement that". Then body: body is about literally taking care of yourself. Through nutrition and through exercise, exercising on a regular basis, and again that was another pattern of very successful people and in business. These successful people had mastered the skill-sets that were necessary to create, maintain, and grow a thriving business. They're wide and varied. It's like marketing, sales, team-building, systematizing. It goes on and on and on, leadership. There's no one person, in my humble opinion, that could master every single one of these. All you have to do is master just one, and I actually mentioned one of those. It was in that list. I don't know if anyone caught that, but if you master just one of those skill sets then you're good to go. That skill set is leadership. When you've mastered the skill set of leadership, you can then delegate those skills off to people who have those skill sets. See where I'm going? Good. That's what successful people do; the ones that I studied, anyway, over the course of about 10 years. That's what this show's about. It's a show for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs. I got four guests waiting, and I'm not going to wait any longer. So, I think we should just bring them on. What do you think? Let's do it.

Narrator :
It's time for the guest expert spotlight, savvy, skillful, professional and deft, trained, big league, qualified.

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.

Narrator :
Thank you for tuning in to The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show podcast at w-w-w dot The MIND BODY BUSINESS Show dot com (www.themindbodybusinessshow.com).

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