Special Guest Expert - Travis Taylor
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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 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 MindBodyBusiness Show. I am really excited tonight because we have an incredibly interesting topic, an interesting young man to speak with, and I cannot wait to pick his beautiful brain and for you, so you can learn more in depth of this amazing ability and gift that he has that he has been given and how he's able to help people with it. And I'm truly, truly excited about this. Before I bring him on. He is going to come real soon. He's coming on real soon. The MindBodyBusiness Show. What is that all about? Well, it's a show for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs where I bring on the most talented and most successful entrepreneurs from all over the United States and all over the world. We've had folks from all over the place come on. And they provide value. They provide tips and secrets to what help them to achieve success. And that's what I learned at a late age, that you don't need to try to figure this out on your own. You just find someone who has achieved a level of success that you aspire to and simply model them, which means copy them. Just do what they do. And there's the thing. The thing is- there are recipes for success, just like there are recipes, many recipes for a great cake, for instance. All you need is one recipe. Just find one. And if you follow it step by step, it's no different with success, then you can achieve that level of success you desire. So, that is what this show is all about. Just to bring you the secrets to the best life you could ever possibly live, that's all. (Brain laughs). All right. The Mind. That's all about the mindset, and what I found in the most successful people that I study over the past decade is that to a person, they have a very, very powerful mindset. More importantly, they have a flexible mindset, even more important, and that is how they overtime achieve a very powerful, positive mindset. And then Body. Each and every one that I have studied at length had taken care of themselves. Literally physically by exercising on a regular basis. Doesn't mean you have to be a bodybuilder if you're a man or a supermodel if you're a woman. Just taking care of your body and nutritionally taking in good food and good drink. And then Business. My goodness. Multi, multi multifaceted is the area of business where all of these incredibly gifted and successful people that I studied had found a way to master the major skill sets necessary to achieve success in their business and then to maintain it and then improve it and increase it. And its skill sets like marketing, sales, team building, systematizing, leadership. I could go on all night. There are so many. The good news is that no one person has to master every skill set themselves. In fact, I don't know if any one person could in a lifetime. The real thing, the only one you really need to master, and I mentioned it in that list, and that is leadership, and that's what these people have done. They've mastered the skill set of leadership. And by doing so, they can then scale their business by delegating to those who have already developed the skill sets they currently do not have. And so, you have another secret to success right there. So you don't have to go it alone, and please, do not go it alone. It's, it's a, it's just a recipe for burnout. We're talking about recipes. And speaking of recipes, another phenomenal aspect of very successful people is they are very avid readers and their readers of the right books, not just any book. And real quickly, what I want to do is segue into a little segment I like to call "Bookmarks".
Announcer:
Bookmarks. Born to read. Bookmarks. Ready, steady, read. Bookmarks. Brought to you by ReachYouPeakLibrary.com.
Brian Kelly:
Yes, there you see- Reach Your Peak Library, if you're watching on video. If you're listening on podcasts, of course, you cannot see. That it is ReachYourPeak.com. And for all of you watching or listening, I would recommend highly that you take out an old fashioned piece of paper. And you know what to do with that- is to get another old fashioned instrument, and that is a pen and take really good notes. And here's the thing. You are going to be learning about different resources on this show. Happens every single time. I know Travis has many. And as we're talking about these resources, often on websites, you know, the temptation is to go click away and go look at these websites while this show is going on. And even though you might be able to still hear us, you're not fully paying attention. And if you miss one golden nugget that Travis has for you tonight, that could have changed your life forever. That would be horrible if you did that, if you missed that. So, please do yourself a favor. And it doesn't have to be pen and paper. You can bring out your notepad on your PC. I, obviously, I honestly don't know what it's called on a Mac, but bring out something that you love to take notes with and do that. So ReachYourPeakLibrary.com. Write that down and stay with us. And the same goes for all the resources you're going to learn about. That is my soapbox moment. So, ReachYourPeakLibrary.com. That is a website I literally had built for you. I had you in mind, and I'm not kidding when I say that. This isn't for me, because why do I say that? Every book in this website is a book I've already read. So, there's no reason for this to be built for me. This is for you, because every book on this list is something I personally have vetted. Every book on this list has had a profound effect on me either in business or personal life or both. And only those books that I found to give that kind of effect are on this list. In other words, not every book I've ever read is in here. And so, this is just for you, in case you're looking for that next great read or in case you're like me and started really late in life. I started, I didn't start reading avidly and voraciously tells about forty seven. I'm now fifty six, had a birthday last weekend, and it's, it's changed my life, and I'm not one of those drama people that says everything changes my life. It literally has changed my life, now that I've begun and continued this wonderful journey of reading incredible books. And you can see there are many great ones in there. Speaking of great ones, I'm about done yakking because it's time to bring on the man of the hour. Let's bring on Mr. Travis Taylor.
Announcer:
It's time for the guest expert spotlight. Savvy. Skillful. Professional. Adept. Trained. Big league. Qualified.
Brian Kelly:
There he is, ladies and gentlemen. The one, the only Travis Taylor. How are you doing, buddy?
Travis Taylor:
Hey, I'm doing great. Thank you so much. It's such a privilege and an honor to be here with you today.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, man. And I appreciate that. And right back at you. And look, it's funny because you used to reside up north a bit from me, and now you're like a stone's throw away. That's pretty cool. About an hour's drive away, we measure everything and how long it takes to drive somewhere here in California.
Travis Taylor:
Right. Yeah, as I'm learning, I've only been here a year. I've lived in Seattle for about 20 years.
Travis Taylor:
Yes. Yes. And before I formally introduce you, Travis, I want to remind everybody, who comes on the show, that they will have the opportunity to win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort. All compliments of our good friends at the Big Insider Secrets. You see their logo on the upper right of your screen if you're watching. If not, it's the BigInsiderSecrets.com. They are the ones that provide this amazing gift. Every single week we give away a vacation, say, and yes, very soon you will be able to move not only about the country, but hopefully outside as well and take advantage of that after you've won. So, I look forward to being able to give that gift to whoever joins in and puts their gifts, their ticket. It's a virtual ticket. So, we'll give you the details towards the end of the show. You've got to stay on live till the end in order to qualify. So, let's bring on this amazing young man right now. For 20 years in Seattle, Travis, a long time attorney and dedicated public servant for the city of Seattle, has spent one part of his professional legal career in human resources, conducting workplace assessments, investigations, advising and training employees, management and executives on best practices for equal opportunity, inclusion, and how to achieve more equitable outcomes and develop a more culturally competent workforce. That's a tongue twister, man. That's good. Travis was this young man right here. We're talking about this guy. Travis was thirty three when he first realized during a rookie class that he was clairvoyant. I cannot wait to learn more about this, and that he could channel information from source and see here and communicate with the subtle energy systems that surround the human body. I'm getting tingly. I'm not kidding. I'm getting goosebumps. I'm so excited about this. And over the years has helped people across the world identify and release the source of a health issue getting very interesting, create more wellness and live more vibrant, happier and more soul aligned lives. Wooh. I can't wait to dove into this officially. Welcome to the show. So happy you're on, my man.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you so much. It's such a pleasure. And I'm excited to talk about this because we're in a crazy time, a crazy time in the world where all of us are in a situation where we're like, what is going on? A lot of, a lot more hate is increasing, and we're just kind of learning through contrast what isn't working for ourselves as people and what we're learning, what we need more of. And I think that is some connection to our higher source, our higher selves, our collective desire to be well and to be free. And I think that's part of what I'm here to help people with.
Brian Kelly:
And boy, do people want to be free now more than ever, right? (Brian laughs).
Travis Taylor:
Absolutely.
Brian Kelly:
Physically and mentally. So speaking of mentally, that's what I like to open the show with typically is, you know, a bio speaks volumes about a person's experience on the surface. It's a physical thing, or I like to do right off the bat for you, you know, to get where you are successfully, for you to leave your job, for you to go as a full time entrepreneur. You did something right. You did a lot of things right. And what I like to find out is I want to tap into that big, beautiful brain yours and see what it is that makes you tick. I do this with every guest. It's, a it's I'll do it with love. And what I wanted to find out is very simply, Travis, like, you know how it is being an entrepreneur versus a corporate employee. It's, it's a bit different. And there are challenges every single day. And there's only one person that you can look to to to solve those challenges, and that's you.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah. Absolutely.
Brian Kelly:
And so, as you know, and go day by day knowing more and more challenges are going to be you search, you're going to be right there in front of you every single day. What is it that drives you when you get up in the morning? What is going on again in that big, beautiful brain of yours that's telling you-just keep going, I can't, I love this. What is the drive for you? What is keeping you moving forward?
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, thank you. I mean, one of the things that I think about a lot that is what is my relationship with the world around me and what are my beliefs that support that relationship. So, and what I mean by that is there are experiences that we have. The people think, oh, the world is against me. I'm fighting to to make this thing happen or that thing happen, and the thing that I like to do is remind myself that actually the world is conspiring. It actually is absolutely conspiring, but it's conspiring in my favor, not for my failure. And it's me that gets in the way of that. So what I often do is to make sure that I get my mind set in the morning, going in the right way for myself. So, for example, I want to tell myself, OK, spirit, whatever, in whatever way. It doesn't matter what your belief systems are if you believe in God or not. But it's like, what's my intention? How can I be of the greatest service? So, that's something I will say out loud. God, if I believe in God, I say God or I say spirit. Whatever universe, please show me, how can I, how I can be of the greatest service to the most people today. And because I'm stubborn, I want it to be shown to me in ways that I can easily understand. Right? So, that way my stubbornness doesn't get in the way because I might find it to be a car drives by and there's like a phone number on it. Or I'll get this desire like to go for a walk and then I'll run into somebody who becomes a client or a friend. So, that's one of the things that I do, is to just recognize that my ego thoughts that tell me I'm not enough to tell me I'm a failure, I can't do it, I won't do it, it's never going to happen. I realize that those are just thoughts from a room in my head that I can't evict. I can just decide whether or not to engage and argue with that person, which is a little little mean, or to just say, OK, thank you for your input, but I'm going to do this anyway, and this is what I'd like to do for the day. So, that's sort of just one thing that comes to mind upfront.
Brian Kelly:
I love it. All of it is service. That was the big word that came out throughout the reason. What motivates you? And this is the beautiful thing. This is what I love, what I get to do, Travis, and that is interview people like you. Because I've had every every single person has been on this show. Their service first. They're service oriented. They're there to help people. And here's the thing, you know. A lot of people outside of our circles look down upon those who look to make money and lots of it by being an entrepreneur or a business person. And here's, the here's the absolute fact is, because all the entrepreneurs I've run with and and get to know and have on this show are service oriented. I hope that you become one of the wealthiest people on the planet. And the reason is, is because I already know, based on where you are today, that you'll just use that money to serve more people at a greater scale. And that is what entrepreneurs do. We just keep growing and scaling. And yes, I hope you are blessed with just mountains of cash, financial windfall coming your way. And everyone else has been on this show and everyone that's out there that's looking to serve and help others because, I mean, we need more more people like that.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah. I mean, we've got to think about money. It's just energy. It's a resource. And right now, those resources aren't adequately allocated to everyone in the world in the way that it could be. So, there, there are actually plenty of resources for everyone. And there's really, there are limitations set up systematically for people, obviously with a background in civil rights and social justice and particularly working for government. I know how institutional privilege plays out in the workplace and how, how systems have unintended consequences for people, and particularly with people of color, and how those systems we created so we can uncreate them. But that doesn't mean that any given person is limited. There's just different things we have to do to make sure that we can take advantage of ways to leverage what we can create. And in particular, what I find is that when you're constantly in situations where you're like in a stressful job, for example, and you're not happy. You know, that's the biggest relationship we have often other than our romantic one is the amount of time we spend at our job. And, you know, if, if it doesn't make us happy, then we need to change the job. You know, you go to different restaurants when you could and, or different areas, and you see people that are just miserable in their lives and you're like, you know what? You really should find something that you that you enjoy doing, because clearly this is what sinks to your soul. And like you said, the motivating things for me, I became a lawyer because I wanted to fight oppression. It just made me mad. And it was like, I hate it. I hate seeing it. It makes me so mad. To see, when people are oppressed because they think it's unfair, and so. you know, that's why I became a lawyer and why I got involved in civil rights and stuff. So when I started to do energy work, it was like, am I into polar opposite worlds here? Or is this just a new world of the same same thing?
Brian Kelly:
Yeah, what... It seems like quite a contrast to me and an interesting one.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah (Taylor nods).
Brian Kelly:
It Is just curious. Oh, here we go. One of my buddies is coming on Prince Ayo, "Big salute to both of you awakened beings. Shine on". This is an amazing man. I love this guy. He's often watching the show and commenting, giving us incredible, great feedback. I've met him in person years ago at a entrepreneurial seminar. And in fact, it was based on NLP neurolinguistic programing, which is why I'm loving everything you're talking about right now. By the way, Travis, because it's right down the same alley. You talked specifically about, you know, those voices, and they're not the good voices. And basically, here's the thing that for everybody to realize we all get those voices, no matter what length of work you've done on yourself, for yourself, it's all about how you react to them. Like Travis said. And he said basically in a different sense of words, react in spite of those voices. Just choose not to listen or take part in what those voices are, are telling you. And that's when you've mastered this. And look, you're still... It's always going to be there, always going to be present. You always tell people the first step is be aware that it's happening. And number two is to adjust because you can either let your circumstances control your attitude or you can let your attitude control your circumstances. We all have a choice, every single one of us. And so I'm just loving this. OK, I want to hear your story because you talked about how you found out kind of by accident that you were clairvoyant. So, if you wouldn't mind, take us down that path. How did that happen?
Travis Taylor:
Yeah. So thank you. So, so back in two thousand and seven, I met this woman who was teaching this class a friend of mine had gone to, and it was called Energy Medicine. And it was just seemed interesting to me. And I took the class and I took another class from her called Reiki, because I just felt like it was something I wanted to do. It was called "Become a Reiki Master In a Weekend". And I thought, wow, I'd love to become the master or something in a weekend. Law school was like three years and a lot of money, but this just seemed really interesting. So, I was in the class. And Reiki is, is a form of energy healing where you are attuned through three levels. Essentially, on the first level is the physical. So, after we were attuned to the first level of of healing, which is called the Physical Realm, I was practicing on another participant and I was standing behind him. My hands were on the shoulders. And the instructions for the practice were to follow your intuition and just say what comes up for you. And I didn't really know what that meant, but I thought, "OK, cool. You know, I'm going to give it a shot". So, my hands were on his back and I was standing behind him and I just felt like I wanted to be an X-Ray machine. And I realized that I when I looked with my mind's eye, I could see his blood, his bones and his tissue in my mind, as if it were an X-Ray. If you look at it X-Ray, you see the gray and the dark gray and the white. And I could see and everything looked normal until I got to just under his chest on the left side. And I saw a red blob in my mind and I had a thought, what's that? And then in my mind, I saw pancreas in capital letters with an exclamation point. And I realized and I knew in that moment what the pancreas did. And I told him that. That is his blood sugar was way off, and that his pancreas was inflamed. And, and I knew I was right, even though I had never had anatomy. And, and then I asked him what was going on, and he said, "I have adult onset diabetes", which I realized that is a disorder of the pancreas. So, I did the hand symbol on it. And then the pancreas became yellow instead of red, which to me was like instead of danger. It was warning, right? So, it was releasing stagnant energy. Ultimately, I realized, and my instructor, who was standing about 12 feet away, looked over at me and said, "Travis, you're in his pancreas right now, right?" And I said, "Actually, I do". And it was very exciting for me because, one, I didn't know what I was doing. It was the first time I'd ever tried to do it. And I got information in my head that was true for the person confirmed by them and then by the instructor. And then I was hooked at that point and I couldn't get my hands on enough people. And ultimately, over time, I realized that it was really... Because information, you know, is nonlocal. Our consciousness is beyond just the physical realm. So, I actually and many people, a lot of people and you can actually learn to do this, can learn to connect with energy beyond what you might see with your physical eyes. So clairvoyance, just as a term of art, just means clear seeing. So it's a, it's a, it's a. It's a way of seeing beyond the physical realm with your third eye or your mind's eye. So, if I were to tell you, Brian, to close your eyes right now and picture a tree in your mind, and I say, "Look at the tree, look at what type of tree it is, the branches, the color. I want you to feel the, the bark on it. Now, go back and show me. Is it actually, am I now in the front yard of your childhood home? Is that what tree it is or, you know, or what's in your head?'. So, I actually am introducing that image to your head. Right? You, but you actually saw a tree in your mind, right?
Brian Kelly:
Right.
Travis Taylor:
So, if I say, you know, you have the capacity to ask the universe to show you something, and the universe will put a picture in your mind, and it's your job just to listen. You could do it, too.
Brian Kelly:
So awesome. It's so... There are so many similarities between this and neurolinguistic programing, already. You know, that was one of the things that was so difficult for me personally to get past because I'm too analytical or I was, and it didn't make sense. It had to make logical sense or it couldn't be in my mind. And that it was like, wow, this is amazing. I can't believe this. And yeah, what you are able to, just we would just say go back to your childhood, not like right now, but go back to the way it was then. And I wonder if you can use your imagination for a change, once again. You know, bring out that small child that was full of wonder, and everything was, you know, amazing. And, and just, you're just curious beyond measure. Just go back to that and, you know, just relax and enjoy the ride. And it took me some time to get it, dude. But finally..
Travis Taylor:
Many of us are, frankly, because we're into it. We decided to incarnate an earth on Earth, right? A third dimensional place where we have a physical body. We have physicality, you know, in large part because a lot of us learned through contrast and through learning, by seeing something we don't want and then realizing, oh, I want something else. And so, that's what I call learning by contrast. So, we're a lot of us are stubborn, and that's how we learn is through doing something painful because we remember that more clearly. So, you know, when I work with people, I ask that the universe help me understand what is the most helpful information that I could provide to them at this time. And it isn't always the same thing, which I always think is kind of exciting. So, I won't always see someone's pancreas, for example. I might see, I might see a childhood trauma or some other abusive parent. And then why they, why they have a belief system of the day that they suck. Or I will hear their narrative of that ego in their head or whatever is holding them back. Or I might see a past life trauma that they're living through in this life, actually, which I thought was kind of cool to.
Brian Kelly:
Wow. So, I don't know. Do you know a Ginger Nelson "Right on, Travis!".
Travis Taylor:
Hey, Ginger, I love this woman. She's amazing. She's an incredible channel, as well.
Brian Kelly:
Thank you for coming on, Ginger. Supporting the man, Travis. He's an amazing guy. I've just met him literally, what, twenty minutes before the show. And I can already tell he's an amazing gentleman, and I'm so blessed to get to do what I get to do.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you.
Brian Kelly:
I just cannot speak enough volumes. So, I can only imagine some of the stories you might have. And I can only imagine what kind of excitement this must give you to be able to have this gift to help people, to heal them of ailments or to write they, they're thinking. Like you were saying, for those that thought they suck because they went through a childhood trauma of some kind. Without naming names, what, what would be one that rises to the top right now that you feel the most emotional about that you thought, wow, that was phenomenal. I'm so glad I was given this gift to be able to help that person.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you. And, you know, when you asked about what motivates me, this is something that motivates me when, when I'm able to connect with somebody and allow them to see themselves with, with unconditional love, which is something that not a lot of people actually have experienced in their life. To be seen and valued and encouraged. That's just such a loving thing to be able to do. So, I just beyond what we would consider to be a gift that I might have, what I believe to be true is that I can't tell anybody anything they aren't ready to hear. I can't show anybody anything, because I won't see it, right? Because I would say, what's the most valuable thing for them to see. I won't see it if they're not ready for it. And so the thing that comes up to me one day is this woman that I had that was in her 60s, and she was complaining of back pain. And so, one might imagine that I would be spending some amount of time doing Reiki on her back. But the first thing that showed up for me when I was working on her was her mother. She showed up, she literally I saw her mom come into the room and I saw her holding her daughter's arm and the red marks that I saw on her daughter's arm, which was my client, and I saw my client wanting to be a dancer. And I saw her dancing in a gown and having her mom beat her, telling her she's not good enough. She's... And she would say things that I can't repeat live. I mean, I just wouldn't say them. And, and I, and I asked her about these experiences, this person I have never met before. And I said, are these things true for you? And, she said, "Yes". And I said, "These aren't actually true.. These things that your mother said aren't true. These things that, you know, you have". She had back, and she actually wasn't able to walk up stairs up to the second floor in the library that she worked. And she was on pain medication for about two years. And what I realized is that she, we needed to remove her mother from her energy field, essentially. That's how I would describe it. But what I was actually saying was to her is "Your mother's influence is holding your back and putting pressure on your body all the time". And so I basically said "With, with my help, would you allow me would it be OK with you if I asked your mother to leave, completely go". And it was very powerful, because, one- I wanted my client to know that she could change her mind. We have free will. And I said that "Any time you wish, you can invite in conversation energetically with your mother, who is on the other side to die at any time. But for right now, what you need is to let her go and to get her out of your energy field". And she said, "Yes, I will allow you to do that". And so in that moment, I energetically pushed every aspect of the pain of a lifetime that my client had felt to her mother in spirit. And I saw her mother start crying, and, and I said, "This is the effect that you had and what you called love to this daughter that you have. And I'm going to ask you to go. And I want you to go willingly". And and she did. And I said, "This isn't permanent. We are, we're unlimited, you know. That we can actually die". So, it wasn't like a death sentence, but I said, "For right now, she needs you to let her go so that she can be healed" And, and within a few weeks, my client actually emailed me and said that she had stopped taking her pain medication and she was able to walk up the stairs to the second floor where she had worked. And she did. I remember I told her I see her doing a happy dance. And I said, "I don't know what this is about, but I just see this". And this is at the time of the session. So, later she told me that she did a happy dance at the top of the stairs. So, that, that told me a lot about the influence of other people on ourselves, and how important it is to release and let go of toxic trauma. And, you know, that trauma can be held in our system long after it had actually occurred.
Brian Kelly:
That's amazing how, how so incredibly connected our minds and our body are. I mean, they're so incredibly intertwined that,
Travis Taylor:
Yeah.
Brian Kelly:
You know, trauma from the past and those holding on to those memories and emotions and, and everything. How those can impact us physically and vice versa, if you have physical ailments that can affect your mental state, as well. And it's something I've learned at a much deeper level with NLP, as well. It's an amazing thing. And often if you are able to find the cause of one and take care of it, then the other will melt away. And that's...
Travis Taylor:
What's really so cool is we have the capacity to heal. And even what I find is people... I find, are actually clients that have had ,that have come up with what I call echoes, past life echo. And what I mean by that is I will see a trauma that has occurred in a past life that actually is still affecting them now, because maybe they were there trying to learn to communicate effectively and activate their truth. But they were cut off from that in a past life and some traumatic way, or they're trying to access their inherent gifts of insight or wisdom, but they keep getting a defense mechanism that comes up. So, it's just been super fascinating. And I'm always learning new things with everyone that I work with.
Brian Kelly:
I just can't imagine. I mean, the books you probably have in you,(Both laugh). You could write. Oh, my goodness. The stories.
Travis Taylor:
Ironically, I have, I have my first book that I am one of the several authors of. We did a collab book that's coming out next week in the Amazon. Yeah, it's called "The Last Breath", and they'll be hard copies available September 14th. But we'll get information, obviously, about how people can find out more about this book. And but anyway, yeah, I've got that one coming out, and another one that I'm writing, actually two others that I'm writing right now.
Brian Kelly:
So you're ambidextrous, then you can write with both hands at the same time? (Brian laughs).
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, just like volleyball.
Brian Kelly:
Oh, well, this is awesome. This is amazing. So, I kind of speaking of the body, we're talking about that a little bit in the beginning. And you brought it up with, look, the back wasn't the issue. It was her mind. When it comes to actual being an entrepreneur and having to continue or getting to continue to crush it day in and day out and be there for others, you know, it's really about others. It's not about ourselves. How important is actual physical fitness to you personally, Travis, both to your business and to you as a person for your personal life?
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, I think it's very important. And I'll just go back to this core concept- If you can't pour from an empty cup. As much as I might have a desire to help people. If I, if I am not well, if I'm not feeling well, if I am not in my wholeness, then I can't do that sustainably. So, physical fitness is just one of our bodies. You know, physical body, mental body, emotional body, spiritual body. So, how I care for all of my bodies is important. So, yes, I do care for my physical body. And as somebody who has had chronic accidents, injuries and even like neck surgery last year, I am very well aware of my limitations, though that comes usually after the fact than before. But I'm, I'm an athlete. I am, I'm a skier. I play volleyball, tennis, golf. I like to surf. I'm learning that is new. I'm a climber. That's been my primary way of getting exercise for the last several years until COVID hit the gym shut down. So, but right now I like what can I do is I can, I can run, I can bike, I can do yoga. And I do want to mention just really quickly, the two types of yoga. Is I would, I would suggest that folks get involved in a Yen style yoga versus Yang style yoga. Yang is active, movement, power, force, pushing the body into the asana or the toes, where Yin is actually a meditative or more mindful practice, where you're allowing yourself to relax into the pose, which balances our energies of action and meditation because we need balance in our lives. And that's one way to promote it is to create it. It's not going to create itself. So, you have to put time in your calendar for mindfulness and relaxation and vacation and fun time, so that you can be well resourced.
Brian Kelly:
I like that idea of Yin because I think the only time I've ever done Yang because I remember not knowing much about yoga and then doing it and then being blown away.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah
Brian Kelly:
How I could sweat so dang much doing absolutely nothing, you know? You told me...
Travis Taylor:
Probably, a flow pose, where you go into a pose for a couple of seconds. This one is cool because you go into a post from one to five minutes. And so, I actually I'm a Yin yoga teacher, actually, so I don't actually have that on my website ironically, because I just started teaching it last year and I was doing it here in Hollywood until the wellness center that I was working out of shut down due to COVID. So, I've been just doing individual clients by request via Zoom. At,, at a distance. But but anyway. Yeah, totally check out Yin yoga why I am. And I highly recommend it, but it's not it's not trendy. Right. So, so, you know, the cookie cutter classes are all about getting the most people in. But it isn't a spiritual practice, it's a physical fitness practice. What Yoga is.
Brian Kelly:
You know, a successful entrepreneur mindset. I don't, trendy doesn't mean anything to me. It's what is the result. The result is what matters. And yeah. I mean, how long is that typical Yin yoga session last?
Travis Taylor:
They're actually usually a bit longer. Most of them are going to be an hour and a half, but you could do an hour Yin, but it's really. You could do Yin really in a half hour things. What you really want to do is just you can find a great book. Ironically, I've got it right here. This is an amazing book "A Complete Guide to Yin Yoga by Bernie Clark". Synchronicities go. I have this book already that a friend of mine I was staying at before I moved to my current location had this because he's again a teacher. He had this book. And after I moved to L.A., I saw that there was a Yin yoga teacher training coming up in Santa Monica. And when I signed up for it, they said, oh, you should really prepare by getting this book, which happened to be I already had. So, it was like. That was a synchronicity for me where I was like, "Oh, OK. Thanks, thanks God. You're really helping me. Show me what I need to do in my path, because, you know, I'm stubborn and I need things to be that obvious".
Brian Kelly:
Can you do them in groups like one on many Zoom or is it one on one is the...
Travis Taylor:
Well the Zoom could be well it. Just depends on. It wouldn't matter how many people are in the class, but I would want to make sure that I could see everybody to give them individual...
Brian Kelly:
Adjustments.
Travis Taylor:
Adjustments, as needed.
Brian Kelly:
Yeah.
Travis Taylor:
It's a very supported practice. So, even with an injury or different things, you have a lot of props in it, which is great because you want to really support the body and not traumatize it.
Brian Kelly:
And that sounds like my kind of t right there because, you know, that other kind was difficult. And the one I did... The... I just it was on DVD. I did it. It was two hours long. Oh, good Lord. I was exhausted. My whole day was gone. (Brian laughs)
Travis Taylor:
Well, I'll tell you, the thing about Yen. It also promotes some.. You know, it puts stress into joints and muscle tissue, so the poses aren't extremely comfortable. You want to find that, that level where you can hold it for several minutes, but you're not in pain. So, it's a great way to get your body to. You're like, "Oh, look what I can do. It's kind of exciting".
Brian Kelly:
And for me would probably be, "Hey, look what I cannot do". (Brian laughs). I am like the person on the planet. But, you know, yoga helped a lot. The Yeng. Yoga did help a lot in the flexibility for me, which I was like, wow, I can actually been that way now. I couldn't I couldn't touch my toes, Travis. My entire life, though, I was probably forty sevenish. And the only reason I was able to finally was because I did yoga on a regular basis was like once a week and...
Travis Taylor:
I can't touch my toes and that's ok,
Brian Kelly:
I mean I can get my knees but (Brian laughs). Yeah I just, I could not ever do it, and now it's like all right. And I don't know if I can today. It's been a while but I love this. This is a phenomenal. All these topics. Now you're, you've left the nest, the wonderful golden handcuff nest. God bless you. And you look, I'm not say anything negative toward anyone who's holding down a full time job, at all. God bless you, too. It takes different kinds of people to do both, to do one versus the other. And now we have a gentleman here who's done both Silvy. And that's why it can be difficult to escape that snare of corporate life where, you know, every two weeks what you're getting paid, right? It's a different world, and other people are making decisions on your behalf, which is what I hated about it more than anything. I don't mind risk. I don't mind the unknown, but it's not for everybody. And so. I'm just curious now that you've had some good seat time as being an entrepreneur where you are today, I opened to talking about skill sets that are required to get it, to get to that level and keep the clients coming. Keep keep it running. You're being very flexible, no pun intended, with yoga, with doing classes online, with with Zoom, both healing, intuitive healing, plus yoga, as well. That's phenomenal. What would you say today? Just I mean, where you are right now for you so that others can model you are the... What would you say are the top three skill sets you have developed and if there are any, are looking to improve on after that? What are you seeking to go to next?
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, that's a great question, and I think there's a great answer. And then there's like a COVID answer and nonCoVID answer, frankly, because it's kind of difficult being. I've only been a full time entrepreneur for a year, if you want to call entrepreneur yourself, a business operator. I was doing a full time job, and this for 12 years. And hosting, and hosting a weekly radio show where I was reading a book a week and then doing a live radio show talking to the author. So, you know, I did that. I remember there was two years where I didn't actually take a vacation. I didn't take a day off for over two years. And once I look back, I realized that I was like, this is not healthy for me. But what I, what I would say right now is you've got to be be open-minded about the unique ways that you could get money. You think of your, we have this sort of idea about how we can gain income. So, just realize that your ideas about how you could get income or how you want to get income or how you expect to get income might be limiting you from getting income in ways that aren't that that are possible for you. So, I would say having the ability to be open-minded and flexible in that revenue stream or whatever is a good idea. I would also say it's good to plan and organize your day in a way that gives you all of the support that you need in all of your areas of life, including business, not just waking up in the morning, getting right on your computer, going all day and spending all your day on the computer. But recognizing that, you know, putting a to-do list on the side is a good idea. First, like getting yourself a realistic expectation of what you can and can't do. Another tip I would say is, and this I learned, which I actually I'm so grateful that I learned, is that my hourly rate for doing healing work is X. If I spend three hours of my day doing admin or marketing or accounting or other things, social media, creation of materials and all of that, then I am not earning that bucket of hourly rate, if that's my hourly rate just for an individual session, notwithstanding what I might get for a class or workshop or things like that. But what I want to say is it's OK to ask for help in the ways that you need it. That could actually be more financially viable for you than just doing everything yourself. For me also recognizing what your, what you like to do is something that you will end up doing more of than what you don't like to do, just by our very nature. So, getting help in the areas of the things you don't necessarily like to do, that you could hire somebody to do for maybe less than what you would make at your hourly rate would be a good idea. So, those are some things that I come to just kind of at the top of my head. Another would just be- be patient, because this is this is a. This is a wild ride for our souls, frankly, right now, the whole global community is going through this major pandemic. In the US, we're now coming up upon an incredibly tense and volatile political environment where we're going to be called and pulled into emotional, reactionary stories every day on social media and with family members. Our emotions are going to be bigger. And when our emotional brain gets bigger, our our mental brain gets smaller. So, we don't have the capacity to be rational when we are in our personal or emotional body. And we're not taking care of ourselves when we do that either. So, you know, recognize that it's important to be patient with what your expectations are of what you can accomplish right now. I think until until we open up in the in the US, there are just certain things that you're not going to be able to do. One thing that I did early on, early COVID is I just decided I had lower I split my rates. I instead of doing all one level of healing rate, which included intuitive sessions. I actually did readings as a separate rate, a lower rate. And I started to offer free 15 minute energy assessments for people, so that people could at least get something that I could help them with and I could get value from that. And then I did a donation based webinar series where I just said," you know what, I'm going to allow". And then actually what was interesting about this is as soon as I announced it on social media, a friend of mine who wasn't even going to participate. Seventy seven hundred dollars. And she said, "I'm really grateful that you're doing this for people who need it, for free. So I'm going to support you". And my belief system was I'm going to accept any donations from anyone for this. Right?., And so then I was able to say, wow, I don't have to charge people and now I can get income in unique ways. So that's just a couple of things that come off the top of my head.
Brian Kelly:
It's phenomenal. It's gosh, so money. There were a lot of nuggets in that. OK, to ask for help, that's a big one.
Travis Taylor:
Huge.
Brian Kelly:
Huge. because most people start out as a solo entrepreneur that I know, and most people that go for long enough to start to see success, which unfortunately the largest percentage do not. But those that do get it that far then approach burnout, because like you said, they're doing everything, everything you mentioned, including accounting, marketing. And then then it's like you might be over your head before you're like, "How am I going to have time to train a team? My gosh". Right? But it comes down to the point where you just have to. You just have to if you're going to survive. And it's not like a life or death thing, you can ease into it. So I would recommend anyone out there who's just starting out, start with a team in mind. Doesn't mean you have to implement, execute the second, but have that in your thought process all the way through. And how would I delegate this or what, what would I delegate and to whom? And I found this phenomenal resource, Travis. I bring on apprentices for my business. I currently have three. They're amazing. I have three to four at all times and I've learned by doing this how to become a better leader. And that's the number one skill set in my opinion. A business on the business side for any business owner is that so that you can scale and step away from the day to day technician part of the business and then be the visionary, be the one that's bringing in the different ideas and the different. If you're doing the technician work all the time, it stifles your creativity. It just, it's difficult to do it that way.
Travis Taylor:
And then I try to do my own website, right? It's like, that's just silly because somebody else could do it so much faster for a lot less. But I'll tell you one thing.
Brian Kelly:
Unless you're really
Travis Taylor:
What's that?
Brian Kelly:
Unless you're really good at it and you love doing it, I will say that.
Travis Taylor:
But if you're really good at it and the one thing that I will tell you. Have you ever heard of Fiverr?
Brian Kelly:
Oh yeah. I've oh I've pucker up. Yes.
Travis Taylor:
Like such a good tool. So F-I-V-E-R-R, I think it is. And you can just turn in a job that someone else can do and then you get it back and you just paid no pennies really. It's just like nothing. So it's great for marketing materials.
Brian Kelly:
Oh bro. So you know those little little Segway videos in this show where bookmarks and you have a British guy.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah.Yeah, Yeah. That was fiverr. So that was I got it Fiverr. Same with the guest expert spotlight where you came on right before that. It was a British guy talking. I had him do it. He did put the music behind it. And then I did video on it on the other side of it. And it was a piece of cake. Yeah, Fiverr. Oh, my gosh. I have spent a lot of money with it, and it doesn't take much money for each task. So I've used it a lot, and I love it. That's a great resource. Thank you for sharing that.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah. Welcome.
Brian Kelly:
Be patient. That's a big one. And that's, boy, that's, that's a huge, huge one for so many reasons. A lot of people start a business. Look, you have the benefit of working on it for twelve years. I think you said as a corporate employee before you broke free. So you knew that that was the path you wanted to take by that. And that's good.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah.
Brian Kelly:
So, a lot of people jump into something thinking this is going to be the greatest thing and they won't have a strong enough reason, are strong enough why, and they will fall before they come close to hitting the finish line. It's just, you know, you got to stay the course. You've got to you're going to get knocked backward every single day in different ways. But just remember, you can go forward farther if you have this nagging like Travis does, screwed on straight and you're, your flexible mindset and you're...
Travis Taylor:
In hindsight, I probably would have quit even earlier.
I think, in my mind, I gave my employer, the city, so many opportunities to provide promotional opportunities for me as an internal candidate for several jobs. And every time getting, you know, someone from the outside would get that, we'll get that role. And I kept, my faith thinking, OK, well, maybe the next time. Maybe the next time. Well, you can get stuck in that for decades, you know. I've worked for the city for 18 years and and I had many incredible roles. I'm not denying that I had a lot of incredible opportunities it wouldn't have otherwise. But in hindsight, I would have taken the leap even sooner, to be frank. But I also want to say the, you know, giving yourself the freedom not to take things personally. One thing when something doesn't necessarily go well to say this isn't about me, this situation, this event is whatever is not about me. And I just need to let go and move on.
Brian Kelly:
That's huge. And that comes down to what I call ego. Right? And the more we can get step away from our own ego, the better. And there's so many great ways to do it. And I've learned by bringing on a team, you have to or you won't survive in that situation. So.
Travis Taylor:
So, you won't to be liked. (Travis laughd).
Brian Kelly:
At least people won't want to work with you or, for example, ever say for, but they're going to want to do less at my corporate life, I can pick out the ones that I loved. And I said I would go above and beyond what they're asking. And I wish they would ask me to do more. And then I thought, what of those qualities that I like so much in that person I need to emulate and model that? And yeah. So you can learn a lot by. I did and I'm sure you did by going through corporate to learn what to do and what not to do once you branched out on your own. And that's a very valuable. My gosh, it's already seven minutes until the end of the show, Travis. What happened?
Travis Taylor:
Time flies.
No, all right. Can you, would you mind one more quick story of another person that you were able to help? I'm sorry I told you off before we start. I'm so curious about this.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, sure. Sure, sure. So, I had this this client early on. I guess I would say many years ago who who found my website. She said randomly, which I think is like synchronicity. Right. I was, because I like to ask how did they find out about me? And she booked a session, and we were on the phone. And so so she wasn't in front of me. I wasn't doing heeling work on her. But the first thing that I felt with her is that she had had two miscarriages, and I felt her body and I felt her mindset around what it felt like as a woman in a relationship with a man, and how she felt about her inability to carry a child to term. And I asked what was the source of this inability that she had to carry a child to term, and interestingly enough, I saw her as a young girl. I saw the home that she lived in and I saw the family that lived in it before. And I saw a young girl who lived in that home who was murdered in the home, whose spirit didn't leave. It was actually stuck in the home. My client, who was had the capacity as a child to connect with spirits. She was a medium and she met this girl. They were young women in the same house. So. And what happened was when my client left the house, this girl that had died in the home connected with her body. And because this girl was 12, she was young. She. Her energy, she couldn't have carried a child because this energy essentially of this other spirit was connected to her. So, I did a clearing deposition ultimately of that spirit, helping her to go back to the collective, to the other side home. And within a couple of weeks, she became pregnant and that and had her had the child nine months later and the kid, as I think nine now, said one of my Facebook friends. So that was one. It wasn't something that I had anticipated doing, like it wasn't something I had woken up in Reiki class going "I'm going to do a deposition". It's such a loaded term and there's so much narrative around what that actually is with movies and things. But I was like, no, I actually saw it happen. And I saw that this young, scared spirit that wasn't able to go home because she felt like it was her fault and that she was scared and was stuck and was then had this friendship with my client and then connected with her. And that happens. It happens often actually more than we might think. We have entities that might stick with us for some reason. So, I can help people with that as well. Sometimes people who aren't able to completely let go of addictions, who have been affected by or have their energy feel broken open by addictions with drugs and alcohol can sometimes have beings that are attached to that. It's kind of a whole another story. But the point is healing is possible. Whatever it is that we if we feel limited, I would say if you feel limited in your life in some way, and it is something keeps coming up and you're like, gosh, I'm so tired of this thing and I want to get deeper. I want to know what's really going on, then I'd suggest connecting with me and finding out more. I do on Instagram on Tuesdays. My Instagram is at Underscore travisTyaylor.com. It's also on my website. At five thirty PM Pacific. I do an open live Instagram where I answer questions. I play cards for folks and I do readings. So that's kind of a fun thing I do.
Brian Kelly:
Fantastic. Yes, I'm hovering over it so people can see us, there's me, there's you. And that is website DivineIncyte.com. Just go there and you can obviously you can see it is the man, the myth, the legend himself. This is amazing. I am so enthralled and excited about all this.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you.
Brian Kelly:
So, if you want to get in touch with Travis at a deeper level, we're also we I understand you have a bit of a gift for our peeps, which we are going to talk about here very soon because we're at that time. But before we do that, I did promise everyone that's out there watching and listening that they could win a five night stay at a five star luxury resort, compliments of our good friends at The Big Insider Secrets. And so we got three things to take care of before we sign off. One is that. Another is Travis. I have one final question for you that I like to end every segment with our every show, and it's. It's a very intriguing question, I ask this of every entrepreneur who has been on this show and I've been quite blown away by the responses, and it's a, it's a little personal. It's also very profound. And I can't wait to do that. And then the third thing, we are going to talk about your gift and what you have to offer our wonderful watchers and listeners. So before we do that, real quick, the first gift, this is how OK, you all now have our permission to very temporarily take your gaze away from the screen and pull out that cell phone of yours, because what you'll want to do is bring up your text messaging app. And if you're looking at the screen right now, you can see that where you would put in the name of the person you are going to message instead type in this phone number. The phone number is three one four six six five one seven six seven. And then down in the area where you would actually type in your message, (you know, where you type the emojis and all those other things as well). No emojis here, just type in two words, separated by a dash. And the two words are PEAK, P-E-A-K, and then Dash, and then the word VACATION. V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N. P-E-A-K -vacation again. The number is three one four six six five one seven six seven. And go ahead and text that right now. Do it quickly because you will be getting some automated messages back for additional information for you to be officially entered to win. And nothing big is just your email address, so we can enter you into our automated system and then do the random drawing and get you that vacation stay that you so richly deserve. All right, I hope you've got that taken care of. I'm going to remove that from the screen because this show is all about Travis Taylor, this man right here. And so, you know, before we ask that final question, I think it'd be better just to go to your your gift that you have set up for the fine people. I'm going to pull up a different page. I found in relation to this, and I'll let you take it away and let the people know what it is you are Doing for them.
Travis Taylor:
Yeah, so what I want to offer for folks who, who have learned about me through this show is to give them an opportunity to get a distance half hour session with me at 50 percent off what I would ordinarily charge through my website. So, you're right on that page right there. You go down schedule your session today, but you go to the half hour distant session with Travis, just book it online, don't pay. And we can take care of payment at the time of service and just book your session. And just at the time that you book it, you can send me an email, [email protected]. Or just remind me during the session that you learned to me through this amazing program, and I'll just give you 50 percent off. So that's, that',s that's my thank you for anyone who's watching today.
Brian Kelly:
And that's a huge thank you. And I appreciate that greatly. I think I'm going to take advantage of that myself. If you're cool with that.
Travis Taylor:
I'm cool with that.
Brian Kelly:
I love it. Being a host has its perks. So, that website is the same one. It's Divineinsight.com,com and then just add forward/intuitive. Dash=sessions, plural. Intuitive dash sessions, and I put that in the comments for those of you that can see those on social media as we are doing this live right now, for those of you that are listening to this later on on podcasts or maybe you've seen it on Roku and Amazon fire TV. I'm sure this is a limited time offer. So, the sooner you get around to doing this, the better and be respectful of Travis and his incredible talents and gifts because, you know, he deserves, he deserves all of the wealth that's coming his way and then some because he is an amazing man who is helping a lot of people to improve their lives, period. And it's an amazing thing. And I'm just so blessed to be here with him right now. And I can't wait to now spring on to him this amazing final question to wrap up the show. Are you ready for this one?
Travis Taylor:
Let's do it. Let's do it.
Brian Kelly:
So, here's the thing, I kind of built it up a little bit, but. There is no such thing as a wrong answer. Just so you know. it's impossible. In fact, the only correct answer is yours. Because that that's the personal part of it, and so we're not getting deep personal, it's just it's personal to you. Your answer is your answer and no one else is. And it's interesting because that's just how it's been with all of my past experts.
Brian Kelly:
So are you ready? You sure I'm ready? Yeah. All right. Here we go. Travis Taylor, how do you define success.
Travis Taylor:
I would define success as having your own personal fulfillment. Actually feeling fulfilled. So, what I mean by that is you are able to feel like what you're doing has value to yourself. You feel happy, joyous and free, like that's really success. I don't think success is something that you can measure necessarily in dollars. I don't think that money equals success. But success is really about feeling fulfilled and happy in your life more than anything. That's how I would put it.
Brian Kelly:
Fantastic and you know, no two people have answered that question identically. I've done over one hundred. I'm pushing a hundred and ten of these shows now, and that's what I find so fascinating. You talked about a collaborative book. All of these answers are going into a collaborative book that I've already got the domain name for, which is how do you define success and all of the ban on it? So, yeah, I will be reaching out to you at that time when we get it all together and ask for your permission. I don't know if you'd be OK with my putting your name in a book for more exposure or not, but.
Travis Taylor:
Sure. Anything a quote attributed to me.
Brian Kelly:
Yes.
Travis Taylor:
I'm absolutely grateful for that.
Brian Kelly:
Because I'm a little bit sarcastic with it.Travis. I want to say thank you once again. You've been an absolute godsend. I look forward to working with you in person, in the near future. Maybe we can get together for a cup of coffee at some point since we're so close together, an hour away. But I truly appreciate you coming on. Spend the time. I know it's been a long time since you originally applied to be on the show and put the application in, and we were booked pretty solid. And I appreciate your patience in doing that and sticking it out because look at the value you've just provided to everyone who not only is watching this live and listening, but those who are going to get that afterwards. It's going to be available forever on podcasts, on websites, on videos, on YouTube. It's everywhere, as you can see all over the screen if you're watching. And that's what I love, is giving the gift of of Travis Taylor, of people like Travis Taylor.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you so much.
Brian Kelly:
One parting thought, Travis, where you are today, what would be one final piece of advice you could give someone who is looking to take their business or entrepreneurship up one more notch?
Travis Taylor:
So, I think what I would focus on this might be ironic to some is, is feeling a joy in what it feels like to already have it. Not necessarily the steps you need to get it, but taking moments of your day, what you're what it would feel like if you already had it. That's actually a much swifter way to have the universe align all the things that you need in order to do it than to plan everything to the minutia. So that's what I would say.
Brian Kelly:
I love it. I relate to it. And we can have a long talk about that one later, too. But we have to sign off out of respect to all those who came on to watch. We appreciate you. I hope you win, all of you. I know only one of you is going to win, but I hope all of you win and definitely take up Travis on his offer. HIs very gracious offer. Look back in the comments if you need to. A refresher on his website, how to find that. Travis, thank you once again so very, very much for your valuable time, your insight, your experience and how you are serving people all over. I appreciate you, my brother.
Travis Taylor:
Thank you so much. I'm so grateful and honor and privilege to be part of the show. Thank you.
Brian Kelly:
Wow. On behalf of this amazing man, I am Brian Kelley, the host of The Mind Body Business Show. We'll be back again next week with another phenomenal entrepreneur. Until then, so long and be blessed. Take care everyone.
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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.
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