Victor Jimenez

Grow a Business - Make an Impact - Build a Life

TFP-027-What is your Relationship with Money? – Dr. Sarah Newcomb

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:05:54 — 60.6MB) | Embed

Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS

Money :

It’s a loaded word and idea.

We all have stories that we tell ourselves about money, what it is and how we interact with it.  Some people pursue it as an end goal while others avoid it like the plague. Either way, these ideas are guiding many decisions and relationships that we have in our lives.  Relationships with our families, friends, and society as a whole.  As entrepreneurs and business owners, we carry all of those personal ideas into our businesses and it can have a tremendous impact on how we operate and grow.

In this episode, my guest Dr. Sarah Newcomb and I have an in-depth discussion about how to unpack and understand our relationship with finances so that we can make better decisions without leaving our values behind. She is the author of Loaded: Money, Psychology, and How to Get Ahead without Leaving Your Values Behind

Some of the things we discuss

  • What it’s really is about
  • Why we have such different relationships with money
  • How to align it with your needs values
  • How to uncover where we get our ideas

Loaded: Money, Psychology, and How to Get Ahead without Leaving Your Values Behind

From the Inside Flap
Does money represent luxury, security, and peace of mind, or stress, inequality, barriers, and greed? LOADED is written for anyone who struggles with their complex relationship with the so-called “root of all evil.”

Rather than offering traditional financial advice, Sarah Newcomb (a Morningstar behavioral economist) digs deeper and approaches money management from a fresh angle. LOADED explains how our experiences with money have a psychological basis and can often run counter to our core values.

Our personal history has a profound influence on how we handle or mishandle money. In reality, however, money is a simple tool, a neutral resource that is full of possibilities. It can be used for good or for ill, and how we use it is entirely a matter of personal choice. Our relationship with money is almost never about the numbers. It is about the stories we tell ourselves because of those numbers. We all come to believe certain stories based on our upbringing and our experiences with money. This is where our relationship with money is rooted, and this is where sound money management begins.

Based on years of research and filled with illustrative stories, LOADED offers an important guide for identifying the harmful core beliefs about money and what can be done to challenge and overcome those negative beliefs. Once a clear understanding of an individual’s beliefs about money is established, the human-centered approach to budgeting and money management can be put into action. This budgeting structure incorporates several principles from psychology that are missing or misaligned in traditional budgeting methods.

The fresh approach outlined in this book is a money management method rooted in psychology that offers a way of changing one’s financial life by creating a plan for money that is both deeply satisfying and also sustainable over the long term. The author also includes a wealth of worksheets and personal money psychology assessments to aid in the LOADED process.

LOADED offers an approach for discovering and understanding your relationship with money that will lead to more peace and satisfaction in your financial life.

Dr Sarah NewcombDR. SARAH NEWCOMB is an expert in the psychology of financial decision-making. As a behavioral economist at Morningstar, Inc. she works to integrate behavioral science into financial management applications. Dr. Newcomb holds a PhD in behavioral economics, a master’s degree in financial economics, and a master’s certification in personal financial planning. Through speaking, writing, and product development, she aims to translate the findings from scholarly research into practical and useful tools for everyone. She lives with her daughter in Washington, DC.

Read her column in Psychology Today called Loaded: Link

Twitter: @finance_therapy

Linkedin: Dr. Sarah Newcomb

TFP-023-Should Your Business Be Not For Profit?-Donnie Maclurcan

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:57 — 46.9MB) | Embed

Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS

Why you should consider not for profit as a structure for your business

On this podcast and in many other business circles people are talking about creating meaning and purpose in their business. We talk about social and environmental justice and creating a more humane future for everyone. But typically we don’t talk about the idea of not for profit businesses.

The truth is that most entrepreneurs shun the idea of not for profit and I think that may be a big mistake. The title of the post Post Growth referred to the inherent finite resources of resources on this planet.

There is a lot of really interesting ways to use a not-for-profit to create a business that not only is financially sustainable for you and your family but also for the broader community and the planet.

Listen in on this conversation about creating an economy that is more equitable for all involved.

Donnie Maclurcan - HeadshotDonnie Maclurcan

A facilitator, author and social entrepreneur, Donnie Maclurcan is passionate about all things not-for-profit. Originally from Australia, he moved to the U.S. in 2013, from where he runs thePost Growth Institute: an international group exploring how we flourish without our economy having to constantly expand. As a consultant, Donnie has helped more than 350 not-for-profit projects start, scale and sustain their work, while his own initiatives include co-founding: Free Money Day, the Post Growth Alliance, the (En)Rich List, Cascades Hub, and Project Australia. An Affiliate Professor of Social Science at Southern Oregon University, a Distinguished Fellow with the U.K. Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems, an Associate with the Australian-based Institute for Sustainable Futures and a Fellow of the Findhorn Foundation, Donnie holds a PhD in social science that explored how nanotechnology might impact global inequality. He is currently completing his third book, titled: How on Earth: our future is not for profit.

Twitter: @donmacca, @postgrowth

Facebook: /postgrowthinstitute

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donniemaclurcan

TFP-016 Building Connections with Podcasting

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 36:49 — 34.0MB) | Embed

Subscribe Apple Podcasts | RSS

Building connections through podcasting.

Most people think about podcasting as a way to reach and build an audience. It is a great medium for building an audience, but there are many other ways to use podcasting to grow our network and build connection within your area of expertise.

Listen to this episode and learn

  • How to grow your network with podcasting
  • The important aspects of designing a show
  • Why the number of listeners may not be so important.

Kevin Anselmo is the Founder and Principal of Experiential Communications. He helps individuals and groups communicate with stakeholders. He also teaches communications and public relations workshops. He primarily serves the higher education, research, and entrepreneurial communities. Kevin is the host of the For Immediate Release on Higher Education podcast. The interview show – published twice per month since 2013 – provides communications insights for stakeholders within higher education.

TFP-013- The Neuroscience of Creativity- Dr. Andrew Newberg

What happens in your brain when you are creating?

In this fascinating episode, I am talking with Neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Newberg. We talk about his research field of Neurotheology and the connection between brain activity during creative states and religious or spiritual experiences.Creative Shadows

Have you ever wondered what happens in your brain during a creative process, meditation or even during a spiritual or religious practice? Turns out many of these experiences are closely related in terms of what is happening inside our brain.  Dr. Newberg talks about how they have used brain scan studies as well as looking into the subjective research into what people actually experience.

One of the most interesting areas we discuss in this episode is how words can actually change your brain and how you can use language in ways that create a deeper understanding and better relationships.

He touches on his research on the importance of communicating with our own personal values base actually creates a more meaningful connection.

Dr. Newberg talks about a simple values exercise that you can do to help you get clear on what your values actually are and how you can use them to help form better relationships.  We also talk about how values seem to change from materialistic oriented to more empathetic or outward oriented values when people practice compassionate communication skills.

One of the questions I am always exploring the how we connect in the online world and what that might mean to how humans communicate.  We talk about how some brief forms of virtual communication can actually be more effective than some types of in-person communications.

Listen to this fascinating episode and please share your comments and experiences.

 

Newberg-Photo-2011

Dr. Andrew Newberg

Dr. Andrew Newberg is the director of research at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine and a physician at Jefferson University Hospital. He is board certified in internal medicine and nuclear medicine.

Andrew has been asking questions about reality, truth, and God since he was very young, and he has long been fascinated by the human mind and its complex workings. While a medical student, he met Dr. Eugene d’Aquili, who was studying religious experiences. Combining their interests with Andrew’s background in neuroscience and brain imaging, they were able to break new theoretical and empirical ground on the relationship between the brain and religion.

Andrew’s research now largely focuses on how brain function is associated with various mental states—in particular, religious and mystical experiences. His research has included brain scans of people in prayer, meditation, rituals, and trance states, as well as surveys of people’s spiritual experiences and attitudes. He has also evaluated the relationship between religious or spiritual phenomena and health, and the effect of meditation on memory. He believes that it is important to keep science rigorous and words-can-change-your-brainreligion religious.

Andrew has also used neuroimaging research projects to study aging and dementia, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, depression, and
other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Learn more at his website http://www.andrewnewberg.com/

Learn about his recent book “How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain” as well as the book we mentioned
during the show “Words Can Change Your Brain” as well as other books, and current research projects

TFP-012- Putting Your Intuition To Work – Lynn Robinson

Do you use your intuition in your business?

As an entrepreneur, you are in a constant state of making decisions.  Which projects to pursue, which clients to work with and even Jellybeansif the business you are in is worthwhile. Sometimes data and advisors are helpful but often, even if data supports it we somehow know the right choice in our gut.

In this show, I talk with Author Lynn Robinson about using your intuition in your business. Listen to the story about how I went against all the data and advisors, trusting my instinct and purchased a business that turned into an amazing success.

  • Lynn explains the two main areas where this guide comes from.
  • How we can learn to listen to this “inner CEO”.
  • Cultivating ah-ha moments.
  • The role of mindfulness in developing this skill.
  • How fear can be a good guide.
  • How we can listen to our dreams to find answers.

Every entrepreneur needs to constantly hone this skill of intuition. Just like going to the gym to lift weights, learning to listen to your inner CEO takes time and effort. But the rewards can be amazing. Lynn shares a story of how she nearly won the lottery using her inner GPS.

Lynn RobinsonLynn Robinson, author, Put Your Intuition to Work.

She suggests that intuition is our “Inner GPS.” When we listen to it and act on its wisdom, it willPut Intuition to Work Book point us in the right direction — towards success! She knows how our intuition can get us what we want and take us where we want to go. Lynn has been sought out internationally for her intuitive advice and counsel. She’s a popular and widely recognized author and motivational speaker who works with businesses and individuals as a trusted intuitive advisor, offering valuable insights into goals, decisions, and strategies. Lynn has authored seven books on intuition, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. She has a passion for teaching people how to access their intuition and develop it for practical use in everyday life. You can find out more at LynnRobinson.com.

TFP-011- Relationships at the Core of your Business? – Robert MacNaughton

How can we deepen the relationships we have in business and in our lives?

In this episode, we are talking about building meaningful relationships in eRelationshipsvery aspect of our lives.

My guest and I talk about building relational intelligence. Not just personal relationships with your family and friends but also within your business.

Somehow we have been taught that it’s ok to be more guarded in business relationships. Most of us have heard someone say “but this is business”, especially when it comes to sales. Typically this is the opposite of what it really takes to have a meaningful transaction that leaves both parties a feeling of fulfillment.

I share a story where I felt like I was only looking out for my agenda and not the customers that left both parties feeling like they got the bad end of the transaction.

We pay a relational game where Robert and I try and guess what the others emotions are during our conversation.

He did really well at picking up on my feelings at that particular moment but missed one key element. What’s interesting is what happened next when I told Robert that I was a bit nervous. It opened up a whole new depth of the conversation and how we were relating.

This is incredibly powerful personal development. I truly believe that we could solve most of the world problems if each of us takes down our guard and try to connect on a deeper level with each other.

Listen to this show and send in your comments.

We mentioned the Invisiblia podcast and a show they had about deepening relationships. It is a must listen. The episode is called The New Norm and there is a powerful story about oil rig workers.

R25b5ccae-4f1f-4afa-9b5f-b2b2904b0c80obert MacNaughton,

Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Integral Center in Boulder Colorado, has been facilitating experiential group education and been in the trenches of Integral community development for over a decade. Robert believes that before he can save the world, he should start by cleaning up his own room.  He organized the Integral Center with the vision of fostering more Integral consciousness through community practice and has trained thousands of people in relational and evolutionary leadership.

The Integral Center

TFP-010-Time Off Creates More Time

The importance of taking time off

In this show I talked about the problems within our culture of working harder and longer and how time off can really help with creativity and problem solving.

How working harder and longer doesn’t help us get more done and really can take away from our own happiness and fulfillment.

Our ability to focus on a task is extremely limited. What I mean is that sitting at your computer for 6 hours is not really effective. Some studies show that we only have the ability to focus for just a few minutes at a time.

Most of us are only about 25% effective at executing at task or job at work.

If we are so ineffective, why do we spend so much time at work?

One solution

Making space in our lives for clearing our minds. This can happen in many ways but most of us are notoriously bad at this exercise.

Its really a practice. Its similar to going to the gym and lifting weights. You will get better at taking time off if you practice.  Many creatives and entrepreneurs start of projects and a mind clearing exercise.

Try this simple exercise on some problem you are working on right now. It could be anything, what to write in a sales email, what to have for dinner, etc. Step outside for a few minutes and focus of something in nature. Possibly a plant or tree, or the way the sunlight reflects off the side of a building.  Just try and notice as many details about your focus item as possible. If you find yourself starting to think back to your problem, refocus.  Imagine you are a photographer looking for textures and details.

Once your done, go back to your problem of project and see if you feel a little more energized.

Here is a simple breakdown of what time off can look like.

  • Short Term- This may be taking a minute away from what you are doing.
  • Mid Term- This is usually a long daily break – in the show I talk about my long walks with my dog
  • Longer Term- These are weekly, monthly, quarterly, retreats where we take time completely away from our normal routine.

Listen in to this show on what you will actually do during this time off and how it can help you bring more of yourself to your business and life.

All of this is part of a bigger practice of mindfulness in business. Listen to this earlier episode about meditation and mindfulness. 

TFP-009 Mindful Communication in Business and Life – Dan Huston

What if we really pay attention and listen to our customers, employees and even ourselves? 

Today we are talking about bringing mindful communication and attention into business.Mindful Buddha

In this show I talk with Dan Huston. Dan is a professor and expert on communicating mindfully. We talk about what it means to communicate mindfully, and how you might think about incorporating this type of communication into your business.

Some of the areas relating to mindfulness that we talked about.

  • Victor shared a story that is unfortunately typical of how we often communicate.
  • What is mindfulness?
  • Where does it fit into business?
  • How does mindfulness give us context?
  • How can we communicate fully when we are not fully present, e.g., while texting, during video calls, etc. ?
  • Why positive thinking may be adding to your own stress.
  • How simple awareness can diffuse many feelings of stress.
  • How can mindfulness help us be more authentic?

I encourage you to think about incorporating mindfulness into your business. Whether you are a one person business or an operation with a larger team, it can help you, your customers, colleagues, and employees be happier people and will lead to a stronger bottom line.

Links mentioned in this show

Communicating Mindfully

Book 10% happier

App 10% Happier

Dan Huston - mindful communication expertDan Huston: As a Full Professor in the English Department at NHTI, Concord’s Community College, Dan teaches mindful communication and writing, and he serves as assistant to the department head. He has been incorporating mindfulness, meditation, and emotional intelligence into his communication curriculum for over fifteen years and was awarded NHTI’s 2008 Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence. Huston is the author of the textbook Communicating Mindfully: Mindfulness-Based Communication and Emotional Intelligence, as well as numerous other
publications on mindful communication.   His Communicating Mindfully course doubles as a form of professional development for faculty at his college and elsewhere. This training has inspired curriculum development to infuse mindfulness into a variety of courses ranging from literature to information technology.   He regularly presents at national and regional conferences, as well as at public and private institutions, and he provides business training in Communicating Mindfully. Huston has received training at the renowned Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

TFP-008 The Power of Story – Noah Rosenberg CEO of Narratively

Why do we connect with stories?

In todays episode I talk with the Noah Rosenberg, CEO of Narratively. We talk about his journey from an on the street reporter for the New York Times, GQ, Salon, Wall Street Journal,  as well as many other news outlets.  How he is building a business built completely around in-depth human stories.

Learn how to build and grow a business that reflects who you are. Sign up for my free email course

Listen to how Noah grew and incubated his idea. How he was able to connect with an incredible array of jounralists from all over the world.

  • What is it that we like about storytelling?
  • How storytelling helps us learn about ourselves.
  • How Narratively creates very emotional stories.
  • How their niche is evolving and how they are presenting their content the way that fits the story.
  • How they have built one of the most engaged audiences on the web.

Noah talks about his view on the future of publishing and how brands of all sizes can use storytelling to connect with their customers in a way that is much more engaging.

Did you like this story? I would love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below.

Noah RosenbergNoah Rosenberg is the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Narratively, an award-winning digital publication and content studio devoted to ordinary people with extraordinary stories. Narratively has over 2,000 leading freelancers in its global contributors network and was named one of TIME’s “50 Best Websites” and Columbia Journalism Review’s “11 Best Experiments in Journalism.” Narratively Creative, the company’s creative agency, produces content and strategy for partners ranging from GE to SundanceTV, Expedia, Squarespace, Pernod Ricard and CBS, among many others. Previously, Rosenberg was a full-time freelancer for The New York Times in print, photography, and video, and he has also worked for CBS News’ documentary production unit; was a Wall Street Journal video correspondent and writer/photographer from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa; and a product manager at Univision Interactive Media. Rosenberg was also head of digital at The Queens Courier newspaper group, where he pioneered the company’s use of video and multimedia and was founding editor-in-chief of Long Island City Courier Magazine. His storytelling has been featured by GQ, Salon, New York magazine, and New York Public Radio, among other outlets, and he was a 2012 fellow at the City University of New York’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.

TFP-005 Clothing Design-Embracing Change-Kids-and Business

On being a mother of twins and running a creative freelance design business.

There are a lot of freelancers that are always working to balance work and time at home with kids. It can be especially challenging if your work is creative.  There really is not one solution that works for everyone but we can learn some insight from how others are managing. One common thread with small business owners is the mindset of embracing change.

A Conversation with a Clothing DesignerClothing Designers Work Table-Marissa Borelli

In this episode I talk with activewear designer Marissa Borelli Casellini. We talked about how she goes about designing activewear and how she embraces change. From selecting fabrics to sketching out ideas.

  • How the design process starts
  • Why she starts with material first
  • Where she looks for inspiration
  • The pull of her work and being a mother
  • Whats in the future for Marissa, She shares a big goal that keeps her focus on the types of work she takes on.

Integration of Work and Family Life

How she has figured out how to integrate her work into being with her young children. How she is able to be much more productive and creative as a mother because of her limited time.

How do you work?

Do you have a creative business and kids? Please leave a comment below and lets have a conversation.

Stay updated on the latest shows and get access to my 7 part course delivered via email, that will help you gain clarity, get more sales and better customers. Click Here to Sign Up

 

Marissa Borelli or Borelli DesignMarissa Borelli wears the many hats of active lifestyle consultant, apparel designer and blogger with ease. Given her sky-high energy, passion for travel and fashion, and frequent habit of completing races, it’s no wonder. Marissa draws from a deep well of education and professional experience when advising clients and developing her own innovative products.

She is a graduate of the prestigious Parsons School of Design in New York City. Before attending Parsons, Marissa excelled as an undergraduate at UCLA, in addition to playing volleyball for the nationally ranked women’s varsity team. During her time at UCLA, Marissa studied fashion design and Renaissance architecture at the renowned Lorenzo de Medici University in Florence, Italy.

Marissa’s fascination with combining fashion and athletics led her to work for companies such as Lululemon Athletica, Ralph Lauren, Swiss Army Victorinox, K-Active by Kerri Walsh and Green Apple Active. In 2011, she founded her own line of activewear, BORELLI Design.

When she’s not helping clients build healthy brands, Marissa competes in half marathons and triathlons. She also loves to travel, bake for neighbors, and practice yoga. With an aesthetic that could be described as global, energetic and modern, Marissa brings a fresh and innovative approach to the active lifestyle market. Learn more about Marissa and her work here

TFP-004 Is Now The Time to Write A Book?

Have you thought about writing a book to put you and your business on the map?

Todays episode is about exactly that, writing a book. Not just any book but a book to share your thoughts and ideas with the world. When I talk to business owners and creatives, I hear them them say, “I really should write a book about this” or “I started a book and someday I will finish it between helping clients”.

The Problem

The problem is that we are entrepreneurs and creatives and not really book writers. We are busy coming up with big ideas and new projects and its really hard to see how we can find time to write that book.

Writing your book

In this episode I brought in an expert guest that is an entrepreneur just like you , that has written several books and is a business book coach and publisher.  Lynne Klippel is a writer, book publisher, and writing coach. (learn more about Lynne in her bio below)

  • We talked about the three different types of books business owners should write.
  • When you should think about writing a book.
  • What to write about.
  • Finding an editor.
  • Self Publishing vs Traditional.

We also talked about the most common mistakes the writers make and how to approach your writing and get your book finished in a timely manner.

  • Creating your outline.
  • The importance of setting a realistic writing schedule.
  • How to market your book.
  • Costs associated with hiring an editor and publisher.

Links

Lynne’s Website

IA Writer Software Victor Mentioned

Stay updated on the latest shows and get access to my 7 part course delivered via email, that will help you gain clarity, get more sales and better customers. Click Here to Sign Up

I would love to hear your comments about your experiences with writing your business book and any thoughts your have on this show.

Guest: Lynne Klippel

Lynne KlippleBest-selling Author Lynne Klippel has been an author, publisher, ghost writer, and book coach since 2003. She’s taught thousands of aspiring authors who rave about her ability to remove overwhelm from the process of writing and publishing. Her company, BusinessBuildingBooks.com, focuses on the marriage of internet marketing and publishing so that her clients not only create great books but related products and services to extend their brand and create additional revenue streams. The books Lynne publishes are known for their quality, professionalism and contribution to the author’s business income. Lynne’s published more than 200 projects and taught thousands of aspiring authors who rave about her ability to remove overwhelm from the process of writing and publishing. She’s been featured on Lifetime Television, Working Mother magazine, and scores of radio interviews. In 2012 Lynne fulfilled a life-long dream and moved with her family to the Andes Mountains in Ecuador where she writes and works with aspiring authors from all over the globe.

TFP-003 Using Design Thinking In Your Business

Design Thinking

As entrepreneurs we are creators. By nature we are always innovating and creating new products, services, businesses, and art. Media has led us to believe that if we sit in our garage we can have this magical aha moment and create the next amazing product that is going to change the world. The problem with this is that the things we create may not accurately solve the problems that need solving.

There is another way. Its called Design Thinking.

Design thinking is really about asking and observing. Gathering input from many sources then iterating your idea. Its about discovering what the problem that you are really solving and how will it benefit the end users.

In this episode Akira Morita (see his bio below) discuss how he uses the process of design thinking to help entrepreneurs and organizations to solve real world problems.

  • How design thinking can help you launch a product that sells and is well received.
  • Why starting with your idea is not the best way to start creating your product.
  • One great way to start is to create 50 ways to solve the problem that you are addressing.
  • Why this process is essential to do before you launch.
  • Listen in to the story that Akira shares about generating power through playgrounds in the 3rd world. Why this product failed and what they possibly could have done to avoid this by using a more iterative process.

Stay updated on the latest shows and get access to my 7 part course delivered via email, that will help you gain clarity, get more sales and better customers. Click Here to Sign Up

I would love to hear your comments about your experiences with writing your business book and any thoughts your have on this show.

Guest: Akira Morita

Idea Practitioner and Innovation Consultant

Akira MoritaInnovation building is a process and a practice. Akira Morita helps leaders take the first steps. Branding practitioner for small to medium enterprises and organizations for eighteen years, Akira Morita now focuses his energy on making Design Thinking accessible to leaders in startups, social enterprises and development sectors.

Specialties: Ideation. Prototyping. Design Thinking. Design, growth and change process facilitation, Brand management and re-branding facilitation, graphic design, art direction, event management.

You can reach him on Twitter @akiramorita

TFP-002 The Myth of Work Life Balance

TFP-002-Balance

The Myth of Work Life Balance and Entrepreneurship

Todays show is about work life balance.

Actually its not. Its about work life integration.

Its hard to read any article on business that doesn’t talk about the need for your work life balance. Would we be better off if we didn’t try  to balance things? What if maybe we try to integrate them better?

In this episode Victor talks about how we can live better and more complete lives if we combine our work with our non working activities.

  • Why its impossible to separate different aspects of our lives
  • Why your personal heath is the first item to fall
  • About happiness and work
  • How your values are one key aspect to becoming more integrated
  • How your daily activities should connect with your values.

If you are just starting your business or have a business that is maturing its not to late. You can build or rebuild your business so that it is structured in a way that it becomes an extension of who you are.

  1. Start with doing something that excites you
  2. Try and only do business with people of companies that you relate to
  3. Do tasks that are within your natural ability
  4. Why the experts are wrong about your tasks
  5. Pay attention to the people in your life
  6. How to incorporate play time

Right now business has a culture of working too much and too hard.  Our culture actually rewards this kind of behavior, but it comes at a high cost. At some point other aspects of our lives suffer, sometimes its our health, other times if the business and often it is out very own happiness. I challenge you to think about what you are doing in your business and how you can better connect different parts of your life.

Listen to this show and share your thoughts on integrating your work into your life.

Stay updated on the latest shows and get access to my 7 part course delivered via email, that will help you gain clarity, get more sales and better customers. Click Here to Sign Up

TFP-001 Why are You in Business?

TFP-001-Why

Why are you in Business?

Todays show is about your big Why.

Why are you in business?

On the surface it seems like an easy enough question. When asked, most people say that they are in business to make money.

But being in business only for the money falls up short. If that is your primary motivation then at some point you will likely burn out or just get tired of your business.

In this podcast Victor talks about how to start to think about your business in a new light.

  • Why money is rarely why we are actually in business
  • How to communicate your Why in business
  • Communication becomes easier when you communicate your why

The best why is when you can communicate to the basic human need for connection.

How does your product or service help customers build connection with others?

Stay updated on the latest shows and get access to my 7 part course delivered via email, that will help you gain clarity, get more sales and better customers. Click Here to Sign Up
Listen and please leave your comments.

TFP-000 The Flywheel Podcast – Introduction

Introduction to The Flywheel Podcast

 

This podcast covers a range of topics, focusing on the theme that creative individuals are the ones who drive change in this world. It’s the small businesses, the artists, the risk takers; these are the ones in the driver’s seat.

We are the outliers, that believe that every person can create their own culture. Business and the world economy is not just about money, it’s much more than that. It’s about helping people, and learning to be better human beings in our very short time on this earth.

Please join your host Victor Jimenez and occasional interesting guests to discuss, learn, and explore how to navigate our business and personal lives.

Each weekly show will focus on business philosophy, strategy, and techniques with a blend of personal development. Please join us.