You Business isn't growing because you lack processes, structure, and planning.

Patrick is helping Entrepreneurs Build a 6 & 7 Figure Digital Business and Create Impact with Their Passion!

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Patrick Ollawa

https://www.instagram.com/patrick.ollawa

https://www.leveredcompany.com/

Host:

Dr. K

https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

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Listen as  @TheHairCEO  Breaks down the Business behind Barbershops and Hair Salons.

These tips will propel your business to the next level

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Jennifer Drew aka TheHairCeo

https://www.instagram.com/thehairceo_

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Dr. K

https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

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Doing over a Billion Dollars in Real Estate is an fantastic goal. However, David Kurz did not stop there. He develop an elite training and coaching program that will help over a Million Agents become Top Producing Agents!

Connect with Guest:

David Adam Kurz

CEO Freedom Agency

https://freedomachieveracademy.com/home

https://www.instagram.com/davidadamkurz

Host:

Dr. K

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Amazon can change your life just like it did for Brandon. Brandon has been teaching people how to create a Six Figure business with an Amazon Store. No one does it better than him and No one teaches it better then him. Which is why he is known as Bam'azon!

Connect with Guest:

Bam'azon

https://www.instagram.com/bamconcepts

 @bamconceptstv8606 

Host:

Dr. K

https:///www.instagram.com/drkwashington

#amazon #dropshipping #onlinestore

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Episode 51 Nicholas Bayerle

Meet Nicholas Bayerle - a man on a mission to help others achieve their dreams and unlock their full potential! From a young age, he knew the value of solving problems and bringing value to people, thanks to his father's carpet cleaning and flood restoration business. Starting his own lawn mowing company at just 12 years of age, he discovered the importance of delivering value to his customers!

Despite a passion for motocross, Nicholas faced challenges when his parents separated and he struggled with his mental and overall well-being. Feeling like his dream had been crushed, he stopped talking to his father for over three and a half years and lived only with his mother. But if you’re wondering if these challenges held him back from his success, you’re wrong. Because they didn’t. Instead, they fueled his drive to help others achieve their goals and unlock their full potential! Nicholas learned the importance of taking responsibility for one's life and investing in personal growth and came far in his financially free career as an entrepreneur and coach. Now with his mentorship program and show, he has a community of Christian business owners and provides them with free content on health, faith, family, and business. He is also the founder of Kings Brotherhood and hosts personal development events. He encourages people to seek out wise counsel, surround themselves with like-minded individuals, and take action towards their goals!

 

With financial freedom, you can pursue your dreams without needing permission from money. Nicholas’ dream is to create a community where individuals can connect, grow, and achieve their dreams without fear of financial constraints or negative beliefs holding them back. Does it strike a chord with you too?

Listen to this episode for more lessons from Nicholas!

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Trust in God and have faith, even when the next step or path isn't clear.

●       Remain faithful and believe that things will work out for the good in the end.

●       Focus on serving others and helping them succeed, rather than being selfish.

●       Recognize that success can come from helping others.

●       Apply the principles of service and selflessness to both personal and professional pursuits.

 

About Nicholas!

Nicholas Bayerle is a business coach and the founder of Kings Brotherhood.

 

Connect With Nicholas!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicholasbayerle

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:00] Sneak-peek

[00:43] How did Nicholas become a person of business?

[02:48] Nicholas’ journey and the turning point in his life.

[05:46] How to shift your thinking from self-conscious to conscious about everyone else too + Tte importance of serving others in your life.

[12:08] Discipline vs. Punishment: Why you must know how they apply to life

[14:45] Letting yourself in on a new identity

[20:15] The importance of being aware of your competitors.

[23:11] The importance of following the leader.

[26:18] Finding your place and investing in others.

[27:52] Trusting yourself with the ability to find your way out of a tough situation

[30:41] Taking responsibility for your life, your responsibilities, your money.

[34:16] Financial freedom is not asking money for permission.

[44:03] Focus on what you’ve been called to do.

[47:35] Success Clues from this episode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Helen Croydon - Show Notes

We hear about marketing all. the. time. But PR? Why do people get into it so much?

Helen Croydon, our guest for this episode of Success Leaves Clues, would give you four reasons:

>> to cement their authority in their personal brand and be seen as an industry expert,

>> to spread a message they are passionate about,

>> to gain clarity on what they can talk about, and

>> to pivot into something new and raise their digital profile.

PR is what we ALL aim for but don’t seem to know enough about! That’s why, today, you’ll get to learn about it from someone who knows the ins and outs of it better than most. Helen owns and (successfully) runs a PR agency “Thought Leadership PR”, which helps secure media coverage (e.g. articles, podcasts, speaking engagements) for people, help with their LinkedIn presence, and give basic SEO advice to help them grow their brand. She also hosts a podcast, "The Media Insider," where she interviews insiders in the media (editors, producers) to learn about what their publications cover, what the regular slots/features are, and how the listener's story/expertise could fit. Helen is committed to harboring a good understanding of the media and the opportunities that it makes available for her clients.

Success clues from today’s episode:

●       Stay focused and persevere.

●       Cultivate self discipline. It takes a lot of focus, dedication, time and energy to achieve sustainable success.

●       Care for other people, genuinely. The more you give, the more you get.

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Meet The Guest!

Helen Croydon is a PR manager, the founder of the agency “Thought Leadership PR”, and coach.

Connect with Helen

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/helen-croydon-2b2521a/

 

Connect with Host

Instagram: https:www.instagram.com/drkwashington

Host: Dr. K

 

 

Time Stamps:

[00:00] Intro

[00:25] Meet Helen and learn about her life in the UK

[01:25] About Helen’s show and what she does for the audience through it

[03:37] Why is branding and PR important for an individual?

[06:16] Why did Helen choose the path of journalism?

[11:34] Did Helen imagine becoming successful in life? She shares her success terms and coming out of a career crisis.

[13:52] We’re constantly chasing the “next big” move in our careers. When will we take a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come?

[16:13] Taking the entrepreneurial path + why Helen feels it’s the hardest (yet the most rewarding) choice to make

[20:40] How do you find balance between work and life as an entrepreneur?

[24:37] Helen’s fitness routine and lifestyle

[26:57] Pitching to social media

[30:38] Taking the time to reflect on your providings/services

[34:12] Passion isn’t the only thing you need to succeed. You need qualifications. And experience too.

[36:24] Why sometimes you need to focus on the PR and not marketing

[39:02] Success clues from today’s episode

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Episode 49 Ryan Zofay

If you’ve been scarred by a rough past, you’re likely often thinking: Why is this happening to me?

Most of us have been there. So did my guest for today’s episode of Success Leaves Clues, Ryan Zofay. After years of lingering trauma, rash coping mechanisms, and a low, ashamed mindset, Ryan decided to break even with life and eventually shape his path positively. While he attributes this change to the influence of motivational speaker and thought leader Tony Robbins, he’s able to sum it up into one life-changing realization: that life wasn’t happening “to” him, it was happening “for” him.

In today’s episode, hear Ryan’s story of becoming a personal motivational coaching brand by learning to view life’s happenings as opportunities for growth and self-improvement. He reveals the tough relationship he’d formed with his father (who’d himself been traumatized from a divorce and the death of one of his children) as a child, and how it affected his behavior in relationships, specifically in a toxic relationship with his old partner. While the relationship had major falls, his then partner introduced him to Tony Robbins, whose words helped him understand his past behaviors and change them. Tony Robbins’ speeches led him to find his end goal of becoming a voice for those who are scared to speak up—which he does today through We Level Up. Hear all the lessons from his inspiring journey in this episode!

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Have faith. It’ll keep you connected to your larger purpose.

●       Self-reflection and analysis of your mistakes is crucial to personal development.

●       Be around the right people. Your environment matters.

●       Do not play small.

 

About Ryan!

Ryan Zofay is an Entrepreneur and Inspirational Speaker. He is also the founder of We Level Up and hosts personal development events.

Connect With Ryan!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.zofay/

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:25] Who you’re going to be listening to today: meet Ryan Zofay

[01:02] Why does practice and experience matter so much in a career as a motivational speaker and coach?

[03:19] The first challenges to launching your own business: find uncomfortable problems and work on solving them—that’s where real success lies

[05:21] How to step back and look and analyze problems—especially in yourself?

[06:34] Public speaking is the second biggest fear among people, surprisingly second only to death, as per stats: How does Ryan help people get there?

[09:14] The importance of stepping back to analyze your public speaking fears

[10:07] How did Ryan get started with public speaking? How did he become a motivational speaker?

[11:43] Renewing your perspective about life: How to go from “Why is this happening to me?” to “What is this bringing for me?”. How to see the experience and learning in a happening.

[13:55] How to empower yourself by conditioning yourself to lean into the fear, challenges, and failures

[14:39] How Ryan grew to create a brand around himself and how it was an outcome of trying to “attach himself to an identity”

[16:49] Ryan’s belief that “the gift of giving is giving”, how he’s centered his life around serving others, and where he imbibed that from

[18:13] Ryan’s spiritual side, nonprofit involvement, personal development facilitation interests, and his desire to make a difference and impact lives

[21:58] Why giving begins from when you don’t have anything much to give—the more you give, the more you get (and this doesn’t just mean money, it could mean your emotional intelligence and advice)

[23:52] Ryan’s tough childhood, the beliefs that resulted from it, and how they shaped his life going forward

[25:31] How Ryan created a fruitful life for himself despite a rough start with drug abuse, a near-death episode, and prison sentence

[29:56] Ryan’s journey to becoming the voice of the people who are scared to use it

[32:25] How Ryan found his mentor

[32:36] How Ryan’s relationship led him to a Tony Robbins event and made him the speaker he is today

[41:36] Success Clues from today’s episode

 

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Brenden Kumarasamy_ Show Notes

“If you had all the money in the world, how would you spend your time?”

“If you could only accomplish three things in your life, what would you want those three things to be?”

“What's a goal or a dream that you secretly gave up on and never told anyone about?”

These are three questions my guest Brenden Kumarasamy, a communication expert and the founder of the MasterTalk communication program, would ask you to ask yourself before sealing your success path. Following Tony Robbins' words, he believes that the quality of your life is solely determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself about life. But he adds his own spin to it. He says, ask yourself one hard question about life every single day for 30 days, and your life will never be the same. That is his 80-20 rule, also a major highlight of our conversation today!

When giving up the position of a high-rising star at IBM to pursue his YouTube channel communication coaching full-time, he was as scared as anyone else would be to leave behind a secure job to pursue entrepreneurship. But that's all in the past now. From studying accounting in college to coaching others on how to win in case competitions, Brenden's journey in business and communication has been one of learning, growth, and giving back. Frustrated by the dearth of free communication coaching resources, he was determined to found his YouTube channel Master Talk, where he's since shared his expertise in communication with his followers. Despite making good money as a Communication Coach, he continues to prioritize making content on Master Talk free for those who may not have the resources to pay for it. His desire to give back and make a meaningful impact on others is exactly what drives him to continue sharing his knowledge and skills. He sits with me today to share the secrets to his successful life and career. Tune in to know why self-awareness tops the list!

 

Success clues:

●       Your self-awareness and how you analyze yourself matter a lot in life.

●       At any point, don't stop to analyze what you're doing and where you're at.

●       Overcome fear instead of being stuck in it.

●       Learn to embrace the uncomfortable. Success, growth, learning, and stretching yourself, all of that is very uncomfortable.

 

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Meet The Guest!

Brenden Kumarasamy is a Communication Expert and the Founder of MasterTalk, his private coaching community and program.

Connect with Brenden

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/masteryourtalk

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

 

Connect with me

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

 

Time Stamps

[00:00] Sneak peek

[00:46] Brenden’s early life and path to becoming a top-notch public speaker

[01:38] Brenden’s heart to give back to society through his free communication coaching resources and the idea behind it

[03:23] Giving is receiving. Sometimes, being kind can help your business financially too.

[06:06] Income combining — live with your family/friend, save on your expenses

[07:33] Why a business degree seems largely unnecessary to Brenden and why learning accounting is a lot of help

[09:38] How Brenden went from wanting to be a corporate executive having a guaranteed set of responsibilities to a full-time entrepreneur wearing multiple (predictable and unpredictable) hats

[11:22] Dr. K talks a little about his advent into entrepreneurship though it wasn’t his goal early in life

[11:55] What led Brenden to pursue entrepreneurship – accumulating the wisdom of people who’ve already passed away

[12:30] Brenden’s 80-20 questions: “What are 20% of the questions that you've asked yourself about life that have led to 80% of the clarity?” Tony Robbins says the quality of your life is solely determined by the quality of the questions that you ask yourself about life. Brenden would ask you to ask yourself one hard question about your life every single day for 30 days.

[15:33] What if Brenden’s Master Talk wasn’t the huge success it is today + his decision to leave his full-time job to pursue entrepreneurship. Was he fearless?

[18:02] What Brenden means by side-hustling “comfortably”

[20:10] Running out of money despite having an emergency fund and planning well in advance and how Brenden picked up from there

[22:07] What is business really? Why do people lose in business?

[25:54] What lessons Brenden would teach you from his career

[30:39] Why Brenden calls his level of talent “deadly” + understanding self-awareness

[36:55] Choosing a path to success that’s healthy for you

[40:59] Two excellent pieces of advice Brenden has for you that would help you succeed in business

[43:04] Listening to the most important person in your life

[45:30] Success Clues from today’s episode

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Episode 47: Oceana Howard

All it takes is an idea to stir the entrepreneurial emotion. But needless to say, one needs unshakable discipline to carry it forward.

From working full-time, first as an HR professional and then as a warrant officer, to quietly working on her business on the side, Oceana Howard climbed levels of consistency, discipline, and unsettling hard work to materialize a long-sought idea. Oceana is the Founder of a successful clothing brand for fitness lovers like herself, called Imperial Impression.

Dive into her impressive entrepreneurial story in today's episode of Success Leaves Clues and learn how to write your own. Oceana explains how she infused her love for fashion and fitness to create a brand that isn't just high on quality but incredibly high on comfort. She answers questions on creating a brand for yourself, the lesser-known sides of being a solopreneur, managing time, and showing up consistently even if the results take time to surface. 

 

Heading to the close, you'll want to challenge your resilience and push past any limitations to work towards your passion. Do not forget to tune in!

 

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About Oceana!

Oceana Howard is the Founder and CEO of Imperial impression, a clothing brand specially made for athletes. Her brand clubs her passion for fitness, fashion, comfort, and inclusion, instilling her customers with the energy to create their own impression.

Connect With Oceana!

Website: https://myimperialimpression.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oceanakalanda

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/imperial_impression

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: @drkwashington

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:00] Introduction

[00:32] Meet Oceana Howard, Founder of Imperial Impression

[02:06] Oceana shares what it was like starting a brand for herself – the creativity, research, content production-marketing, and inspiration that went behind it

[03:14] Oceana talks about the people instrumental in her entrepreneurial journey

[04:57] How is it like being a solopreneur? Oceana shares the challenges encountered when starting, including designing and developing your website, marketing, and managing everything.

[06:10] Oceana explains her background as an HR professional, warrant officer, and lessons from those experiences.

[08:45] On starting her business with the seed money from her nine-to-five job, making time to lay the foundation of her business, and continuing to grow it while holding on to her day job.

[10:07] Time-management: Oceana explains how life in the military taught her fierce discipline, time management and effective planning.

[12:39] Oceana explains that Imperial Impression is her passion project and shares the succession of events that led her to found it: from fashion to basketball, to hitting the gym, her fitness journey brought her closer to the now-exploding business gradually.

[14:25] Oceana shares how it’s like growing up in Charleston

[19:53] Discussion on hitting the gym consistently

[20:21] Where do you find the motivation to show up at the gym every day? Oceana talks about exuding your energy onto others so they reciprocate it back. She also shares that once the results start showing up, the motivation levels just continue to increase. “Once those results start coming in, then you start seeing them, that's just extra motivation for them to keep going.”

[21:37] How to keep your energy levels up even when your body is far from displaying the results

[22:28] Staying disciplined and why the fitness journey is a marathon, not a sprint

[23:33] The impeccable power of resilience

[24:47] The activities Oceana takes up within her community to keep the athletic or fitness side motivated

[26:07] Being around the right people can help you stay consistently motivated toward your goals; you could also choose to have accountability partners

[27:40] The next steps for Oceana's business

[29:29] Planning and goal-setting advice from Oceana, including keeping vision boards and project planners

[30:55] Success clues from today’s episode

KW Used: fitness journey

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Episode 46 Christina Lael

Christina Lael, Founder of Lael Tax, LLC, is one of only 60 people in America certified by the American Institute of Certified Tax Planners. Starting her corporate journey in the Accounting wing of a Fortune 500 company to gradually progressing into a winning entrepreneur-cum-tax expert, Christina’s journey is a lesson for anyone willing to succeed in the tax department.

Christina sits with me for today’s episode of Success Leaves Clues and throws light on reducing your business’ tax liability legally using her specialized program, Freedom Tax Plans. She gets into the different plans, offerings, and benefits of the same, giving you a 360-degree experience of it. You’ll also learn about the various free course programs she offers + some of the intelligent thinking used in her tax-saving methodologies. Listen in!

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About Christina!

Christina Lael is the Founder of Lael Tax, LLC, where she helps attorneys, lawyers, partners, and tax firms legally reduce their tax liability by using expert strategies and principles in the tax code.

Connect With Christina!

Website: https://freedomtax.io/

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:27] Meet Christina, Founder of Lael Tax, LLC

[03:22] Christina’s journey in the corporate world, starting with a Fortune 500 company in their accounting department

[03:48] How Christina helped individuals and businesses alike save money on taxes with her unique program called ‘Freedom Tax Plans’

[05:50] Christina’s way of saving money on taxes: increasing your business expenses without spending money, for example

[08:10] The different ways to structure your business and the software, methodologies, and tips for the same without changing your business structure

[10:22] Christina’s path to entrepreneurship and the lessons from her corporate career that helped in the same

[12:04] The ways to build a fantastic team for your business

[13:13] The hire slow, fire fast principle

[15:20] Plans for Christina’s future amid The Great Resignation

[16:57] How to improve your processes: Learning from mistakes, communicating better, optimizing your time

[18:20] How Christina’s Freedom Tax Plan works

[19:52] Reporting more income and other IRS details

[22:34] Freedom Tax Plans’ one-on-one tax saving strategy help, tax plans, and more that you can utilize

[24:02] How to know how much of deductions you actually want and how losses are carried forward

[27:10] Christina shares about her dad’s tech background

[28:16] How exactly 'Freedom Tax Plans' plans on helping its clients

[29:23] Documenting your deductions without the guesswork + Christina’s app ‘Lael’ tax that helps with the same

[32:36] Freedom Tax Plans is for ANY business owner

KW Used: tax liability, tax planning, tax deductions

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Episode 45 Dr. John Burd

Break twisted tales and myths about blood sugar with Dr. John Burd, the Founder and ex-CEO of Dexcom, a game-changing company that develops, manufactures, produces, and distributes continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management. Dr. Burd also comes with years of research experience about blood sugar and gives away invaluable tips on staying aware and keeping your sugar levels at a normal level!

Among other things, you’ll be surprised to know the toxic side of sugar, learn about glucose turning into a reactive chemical like cyanide in blood, how food companies trick you into buying more of carbohydrate and sugar-laden products because they’re “necessary”, fructose as a harmful yet cheap alternative to sugar, and see how Dexcom’s products could help you monitor and manage your sugar levels without the constant painful pricking of your fingers for blood tests! Dr. Burd is also a Venture Capitalist and author of “The Natural Solution to the Diabetes Epidemic: The Discovery of Lysulin”, a book that makes breakthrough revelations about managing blood sugar naturally! Dexcom’s products are clinically tested for efficient management of blood sugar levels in pre-diabetic and Type 2 diabetic persons.

You’ll also learn the skills you need to develop to become a successful entrepreneur and CEO and what qualities to look for in someone you’d like to replace you in your company. It’s a mix of technical and personal values you sure wouldn’t like to miss out on learning!

 

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Face challenges. They keep you on a rising growth curve.

●       If you want to start a product business, aim on creating a unique product for a big market.

●       Leadership is crucial to business success. Choose your company’s future leaders wisely.

 

About Dr. John!

Dr. John Burd is a Venture Capitalist, ex-CEO and Founder of Dexcom, and Author of “The Natural Solution to the Diabetes Epidemic: The Discovery of Lysulin”.

 

Resources Mentioned:

Dr. Burd’s Wonder Spray: https://www.thewonderspray.com/

Dexcom: https://www.dexcom.com/

Dr. Burd’s Book - The Natural Solution to the Diabetes Epidemic: The Discovery of Lysulin: https://www.amazon.com/Natural-Solution-Diabetes-Epidemic-Discovery/

 

Connect with Me!

Host: Dr. K

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

 

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[01:11] What Dr. John has to say as the ex-CEO and Founder of Dexcom and why he prefers that title over all the other roles he plays in life

[1:45] How does monitoring your glucose levels in a day prevent diabetes? Why and how can you get rid of excess glucose from your body?

[3:27] Does Dr. John’s medication help you from needing to take insulin? Also, learn about the 2 big types of diabetes.

[05:14] Why are many people unaware of the toxic side of glucose?

[10:49] What gave Dr. John the courage to research blood glucose in humans?

[12:04] What prompted Dr. John to invest in a blood sugar management product?

[12:54] Dr. John’s life before founding Dexcom: PhD in biochemistry, deciding to get into blood glucose-related projects, starting his first Diabetes company, to founding Dexcom

[17:44] What made Dr. John go from a Venture Capitalist to a CEO?

[18:29] What would Dr. John look for in a leader for his company?

[19:55] Finding a replacement for his role as a CEO

[20:42] About Dr. John’s second company Dr. Burd Wonder Spray, and how it’s centered around finding a cure for skin diseases

[25:58] About Dr. John’s book and how his idea about writing it came to fruition

[29:20] High fructose corn syrup as a widely used cheap alternative to sugar and why it’s more harmful to your body than actual sugar!

[30:01] Success Clues from today’s episode

[32:13] Where to register for a home sugar test from Dexcom

 

 

KW Used: blood sugar, diabetes, natural medicine

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Kyle Livingston - Show Notes

Losing $200,000 in under 9 months, Kyle Livingston's investment in his new business led to no gain - just unbearable pain. The experience, a disaster never foreseen, affected him so much that he started to feel like a failure, that anything he would ever set foot on would turn out bad. (You know, that's the trauma doing the talk!) With his mind replaying the bad times and refusing to get out of the negative thoughts, Kyle lost another hundreds of thousands of dollars in the subsequent months, and had a handful to loathe about for 18 months. But what was behind this series of failures? Could he have avoided it?

As Kyle sits with Dr. K in this episode of Success Leaves Clues, he reveals the sense of ego (from building and selling two successful brick-and-mortar businesses in the past), the lack of direction, the fear of failure, and the Shiny Object Syndrome experience which carried him to the point of huge losses in his entrepreneurial journey. But the losses, however dismantling, taught him to do business the right way when he ventured into it the next time. He gets into the systems, processes, faith, and habits he set, including time study, goal-setting, and mindset training to restructure his business to align towards success from failure. His journey is testimony to the fact that one must change their idea of money (drawing references from the Bible) to learn to make enough and more of it.

Today, as a mentor and coach for businesses, Kyle uses his experience to help businesspersons with potential find solutions to their problems by tuning their minds out of scarcity and self-loathing and towards abundance. Tune in to this episode of Success Leaves Clues to learn invaluable tips to become successful in your business!

Success clues from today’s episode:

           ● We can overcome fear by changing our perspective on it. Focus on the opportunity that lies beneath the fear.

           ● Having faith in God or something bigger always helps you overcome failures and fears and become stronger.

         ● In difficult times, having someone with us, like family or friends, can help us see things clearer and hence better.

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Meet The Guest!

Kyle Livingston is a coach, consultant, and mentor for businesses. He is the founder of Seven Figure Industry, where he works with seven-figure business owners to multiply their success and growth.

Connect with Kyle

Website: https://www.fortifiedtoolbox.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/7figurekyle

 

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

Time Stamps:

[00:00] Intro

[00:25] Meet Kyle Livingston

[01:32] How does Kyle help people find the solutions to their tough times in business

[02:39] Finding the easiest way to solve a problem

[03:44] What keeps people from pursuing their ideas? Kyle teaches you how to overcome your fears and pursue your ideas.

[05:16] How Kyle lost $200,000 in in under nine months and went on to lost even more because due to the trauma of the experience

[8:14] How Kyle found his VA

[10:52] Learning from mistakes + Kyle’s unbelievable transformation to become business ready after a huge setback

[15:31] Kyle talks about working with coaches and consultants who make 100k+ a month (7 figures a year) and what it took him to reach that point in his own career

[16:56] The Shiny Object Syndrome, how it keeps you from reaching your goals, and how to improve your focus levels to achieve success in life

[27:37] The power of visualization and how it helps you set the bar higher on your goals

[30:08] Dr. K’s money belief that changed his life altogether

[34:24] Money is the second most referred thing in the Bible + How the bible teaches you abundance

[35:49] How Kyle cracked the code to becoming rich: “Willpower doesn't work, you have to create an environment to be conducive to success. And one of the best ways to change your environment is to invest in something that's uncomfortable.”

[39:04] How to connect with Kyle

[40:17] Success clues from today’s episode

 

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Episode 43 Kyle Carlin

Kyle Carlin, now a winning real estate entrepreneur, started his professional career as a sports anchor – filming, editing, shooting, and presenting videos for high-school athletes, helping them get recruited to play in college. The experience, though starkly different from an investing career, introduced him to many nuances of being a professional, including sales, networking, teaching, and presentation. That, along with the business lessons gained gradually in life, has helped him establish a gratifying career in real estate – as an entrepreneur, coach, and podcaster!

Kyle's biggest breakthrough happened when he realized that he had been exhausting himself by not outsourcing people to work for him. By investing his time into every single task, however big or small, he was narrowing his potential. So, if you ask him today, he'd tell you that the one thing he would've done differently in the early days of his real estate journey is to hire people for his team. In his words, "I don't have to figure all this out on my own, I can bring someone in that will show me the way. And that probably could have cut five or six years off of my learning curve."

He sits with me in this episode of Success Leaves Clues to share his top advice to help you become a fearless real estate investor and achieve financial freedom in the shortest time possible. This includes his ingenious ACTION acronym for fearlessly acting on your dreams to propel your career forward.

Do you think being a fearless investor is even possible? Tune in to find out!

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Move forward despite your fear and have the right information to succeed in your dreams.

●       Find a mentor to help you in your professional journey. It would make the journey a lot easier for you.

 

About Kyle!

Kyle Carlin is a real-estate investor with a multi-million dollar short-term rental portfolio.

Resources Mentioned:

Book: Necessary Endings by Henry Cloud – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9641795-necessary-endings

Link to Kyle’s course: Business In A Box: Helping You To Build A Six-Figure Income – http://www.fearlesskyle.com

 

Connect With Kyle!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fearlesskyle

 

Connect with Me!

Host: Dr. K

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[01:11] How to become a fearless investor.

[2:46] Becoming fearless: Does the fear necessarily go away?

[5:44] How to get out of your own way when you’re stuck in fear: Getting out of the fear helped Kyle finally find the success he deserved

[09:47] The ACTION acronym for fearlessly acting on your dreams to propel your career forward

[11:03] How it helps to create the worst case and the best case scenarios in your mind.

[12:45] Try it already: Just dip your toe into what you want to do and see what happens

[18:08] Rental property maintenance: How do you deal with cleaning and other issues when renting your property?

[20:26] The importance of outsourcing at the right time: Why you must outsource the day-to-day operations of your business right away.

[22:23] Kyle’s road to becoming a successful real estate entrepreneur.

[26:36] Preparing for your future success: Tips + Book recommendation – Necessary Endings

[29:46] How to be a value-add to people + MLM Network Marketing.

[32:40] Find Kyle and his course online (and a special link with an exclusive discount for the course for Success Leaves Clues podcast listeners)

[33:52] Success Clues from today’s episode

 

 

KW Used: real estate

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Episode #42

Justin Sloan is the owner of Sloan Capital, an investment firm. He is partnered with Everbowl. Everbowl is taking the health food industry by storm.

Connect with Justin

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sloancapital

Connect with Dr. K

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington

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Episode 41 David Carlin

David Carlin and his wife Patricia have gradually and quite patiently built a massive passive income stream through an industry little-known to most: digital payments. When everyone else was on the grind – either on their own business or employed at someone else's – the power couple was constantly on the joyride – traveling the world, golfing, and whatnot. People found it hard to believe you could make much money as them by just helping people and businesses get set up with credit card processing. So the couple even made a course out of their business functionalities – The Digital Payments Revolution – which sells for just a few ten dollars!

David joins me on the podcast today to explain how the whole system of his business works and how it yields him the returns and affords him the lifestyle he can today. Residual Payments is a proven model; a little bit of a grind until the first few wins, yet a terrific time investment. He reveals the different things that go into setting up + running the business, the mindset secrets to such incredible success, and the way forward with Residual Payments.

David also reminisces about his journey to entrepreneurship, pivoting from a retail bike business upon the advice of his now-wife and business partner Patricia Carlin. He also reveals the mindset secrets to lasting success, including cultivating an abundance mindset and keeping aside ego. Listen in!

 

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Cultivate the ability to remove your ego.

●       Move away from a lack mentality to an abundance mentality.

 

About David!

David Carlin is the co-founder of Residual Payments, a business helping entrepreneurs, small business owners, and large companies get set up with credit card processing, along with his wife Patricia Carlin. Their business makes money by charging a fee on every single transaction of their clients.

 

Connect With David!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meetthecarlins

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:26] Meet David Carlin

[01:57] David’s first business – a retail business of bikes

[03:06] David’s decision to get out of his bike business

[04:36] Minimizing the expenses managing overhead, employees, insurance, and other business aspects

[07:45] How do you make the payment and expense calculation and processing of your business?

[10:37] Residual payments is thriving – why is it worth sharing with others?

[14:02] How the abundance mindset has contributed to David’s success in the residual payments business

[16:56] What does “residual” in residual payments stand for?

[18:11] The potential carried by the residual payments industry

[19:29] How a couple can work together in business

[25:30] David on where the future of their business is headed

[27:52] CBD, THC, Crypto – how can we find a way to interact and process the different kinds of payments in the coming years?

[29:56] How much money is enough money to call yourself successful?

[32:21] Making your money work for you

[33:53] Gaining a competitive edge in business by allowing your money to work for you

[36:01] Success clues from today's episode

 

 

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Episode 40 Lindsay Smith

The world today is rightly obsessed with investments of different kinds – real estate, stocks, and whatnot. But most tend to underestimate the one investment that can give us unbelievable benefits: life insurance.

That is why I have Lindsay Smith on the show today. She is an insurance broker and investor and the author of "Creating Wealth Through Life Insurance", in which she breaks down the lessons from her experience in the insurance sector. Lindsay has worked in the entertainment industry before adventing into insurance full-time. Owing to the limited options in a 9 to 5 job, she decided to drop the idea of pursuing marketing and advertising altogether and decided to pursue finance and insurance. Now, as a self-employed professional + author, she teaches people how to protect their families and build generational wealth. This conversation will open your eyes to the innumerous benefits of using life insurance as a part of your generational wealth building strategy!

Lindsay gets underneath the reason for dearth of information about insurance and why it’s a huge underutilization of the available financial gain strategies. She also breaks the myths surrounding insurance of different kinds, explains insurance plans for the specially abled people, and educates us on the points to know before purchasing an insurance package and how it works from the inside out.

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Have the courage to step out of a profession if you no longer want to pursue it.

●       Give back knowledge; do your bit to help others succeed in their lives. Let the chain continue.

 

About Lindsay!

Lindsay Smith is an Insurance Broker and Investor. She is also the Author of "Creating Wealth Through Life Insurance", in which she talks about the types of Life Insurance policies available that you can use to move a step forward in your journey to financial freedom.

 

Connect With Lindsay!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lindsaysmiththeagent

Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B8R97H4J/ref=cm_sw_r_api_i_4Z4P2FD5P9428R0PXD9G_0_nodl?dplnkId=1b6fbcc7-4535-4163-9fc5-f5c76927e171

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:25] Meet Lindsay

[00:58] About Lindsay’s interest and enthusiasm for the insurance sector

[02:59] Does Lindsay’s insurance policies include anything for the specially abled?

[04:29] How the insurance policy for the specially-abled works

[07:01] Lindsay’s initial choice of career – marketing – and how she eventually turned to insurance

[08:46] A different way to do influencer marketing

[11:33] Lessons from Lindsay’s book “Creating Wealth Through Life Insurance”

[13:36] Are we short on information about life insurance?

[18:48] Breaking down the life insurance contract

[20:23] Important points to know about your life insurance policy

[21:40] Scam or not scam in insurance – How do you assess?

[24:15] The lesser known benefits of a life insurance plan

[26:28] The other side of the insurance industry

[29:04] Marketing and selling insurance policies

[30:36] Did Lindsay have to almost restart her business? Her experience building the broker portfolio.

[33:21] The importance of being a good agent and how that makes the planning and execution easy for clients

[38:15] Consistency builds value – even in the case of life insurance policies

[39:55] Dispelling an insurance myth (job insurance)

[44:57] Success clues from today's episode

 

 

KW Used: generational wealth, insurance

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Episode 39 Jordan Berry

 

What comes to your mind first when you hear 'laundromat'? Let me tell you that the dark, dirty image of a place that comes to mind first has much more to it than you've ever thought.

For starters, the laundromat business could be an excellent stream of passive income, as my guest for today's episode, Jordan Berry, reveals. As a pastor-cum-laundromat entrepreneur, Jordan explains his journey to increase his finances in a way that didn't require him to be fully invested in it. This thought was passed on to him by his wife, who he regards as a strong force in his professional journey.

The laundromat (self-service laundry) business is community-centered, so the focus must be on creating a clean and safe space for different people to do laundry. Jordan gets into the different things he did wrong when starting out on his business, how he fixed them, and what his plans with the future of the business are. Tune in to the episode now!

 

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Success Clues From Today's Episode

●       It is great to have a partner to support your business venture, like Jordan's wife in his case.

●       Entrepreneurship requires a lot of faith. You have to believe that things will turn out well in the end.

 

About Jordan!

Jordan Berry is a pastor and an investor in Laundromats. He is the Founder of Laundromat Resources.

Connect With Jordan!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laundromatresource/

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:26] Meet

[01:44] How Jordan got into the laundromat business

[03:16] Making money without putting all your time into it

[05:22] Life as a pastor and working in youth ministry

[06:21] The roles, responsibilities, and duties of a pastor

[08:05] Are people with a nurturing nature generally drawn to the laundromat business?

[09:11] The pitfalls of a laundromat business

[12:14] Getting started with the laundromat business

[12:51] The risks in doing a laundromat business, including capital intensivity

[16:18] The mistakes, competition, and challenges to succeeding in a laundromat business

[17:34] How to make sure not to unknowingly cause a split in your customer base among competitors

[19:07] Learning from mistakes and finding people who’ve made similar mistakes,

[21:14] How to succeed in the laundromat industry

[24:10] Financial freedom with the laundromat business

[25:03] Sharing your knowledge with others so they can benefit from it too

[27:55] How Jordan’s wife stood beside him during the humps in the learning curve

[31:16] Success clues from today's episode

 

KW Used: self-service laundry, laundromat, Invest

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Episode 38 Stephen

Did you know that 95% of people in this country will never be able to retire the way they want to?

The reason? Lack of a proper understanding of how money works! It shouldn't come as a surprise then that banks make 400%-1600% returns on the money YOU invest with them!

Join my super-intelligent guest and incredibly knowledgeable investor Stephen Nagy on the Success Leaves Podcast today as he discusses money in unbelievable detail and shares the one secret to becoming a financially free individual: becoming your own bank!

With his extremely thoughtful analysis of money, he founded a "dating community" for money called The Private Money Club, a community of borrowers and lenders to allow individuals better control over their money. He discusses all that, his decision to start real estate investing, and how the journey garnered the explosive success it has today. From starting his career as a financial advisor and then becoming a car dealer before learning about investing, Stephen's life is full of invaluable lessons to imbibe! Listen in!

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Do not be afraid to invest in yourself.

●       Build and maintain healthy professional relationships. Your network is valuable in your real estate career.

●       Opt out of a scarcity mindset. Sharing knowledge is more powerful than you know.

About Stephen!

Stephen Nagy is an Investor and the Founder of BYOB and The Private Money Club.

Connect With Stephen!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheRealSNagy/

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

 

[00:02] Intro

[00:26] Meet Stephen Nagy

[00:55] About Stephen’s The Money Club and the idea behind it

[03:33] Making private money lending and borrowing easier and more accessible to people

[05:54] The reality of the job of a financial advisor

[06:40] Why our retirement plans need to change and how to go about it

[10:18] Stephen’s reasons for venturing into real estate investing

[11:55] Lessons from Rich Dad Poor Dad that Stephen implements in his life

[14:36] Being your own bank

[14:52] Understanding money, wealth killers, and the need for financial education

[16:38] What does 401(k) do?

[19:07] How to take advantage of the different money options available today: Self-directing retirement funds, tax elimination

[21:31] How inflation impacts people

[25:03] The infinite banking concept: Be your own bank!

[28:28] Some EXTREMELY valuable resources Stephen insists you look up for financial education

[32:14] Less than 2% of all term policies actually pay out

[37:19] Stephen explains his ‘why’ behind everything he does in life

[34:43] Stephen’s systems and processes behind running franchises

[38:05] The similarities in all of our entrepreneurial journeys and what to learn from them

[38:36] How does becoming your own bank tie up with The Money Club’s agenda

[44:01] Why relationships are the most important part of a real estate business

[45:11] The happenings in Buffalo right now

[48:42] Details about Stephen’s November seminars

[49:31] Success clues from today's episode

 

 

KW Used: real estate investing, Become Your Own Bank, Life Insurance

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Episode 37 Saen

We're all given 24 hours a day. Whatever happens of our life is dependent entirely on what we decide to make of that time consciously, every passing day, as my guest for today's episode, Saen Higgins, explains.

Saen wears many hats – he's an author, speaker, coach, serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and wealth strategist. And he manages all his roles responsibly with uttermost dedication.

This is all thanks to his excellent planning and time management skills!

Saen believes in planning every day of his week. He even reveals sitting down every Friday to plan his following week. He remarks that going by the flow is never an option if you have things to achieve and dreams to chase in this life!

Listen to our conversation on the Success Leaves Podcast today and learn about Saen's inspiring journey to success, including the different challenges he faced in his personal and professional life and how he learned from his mistakes to finally get to his dreams and make the impossible possible!

 

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Cultivating discipline is one of the first things to do if you would like to be successful.

●       Reading is an essential skill to develop if you would like to be successful.

 

About Saen!

Saen Higgins is an author, speaker, coach, serial entrepreneur, philanthropist, and wealth strategist. He is the CEO and Founder of the Wealth Formula Academy.

 

Connect With Saen!

Website: https://saen360.com

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

 

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:25] Meet Saen Higgins and learn about his journey to becoming a highly regarded real estate investor

[04:26] The importance of cultivating a good reading habit

[10:21] The importance of planning in life

[16:33] Making your days count and making time for things that matter

[20:25] What “conscious capitalism” is all about

[22:05] Why Saen continues to keep his learning curve rising by investing in learning and knowledge acquisition

[25:36] The manipulative nature of the media

[27:54] How the tricky SEO of the media causes scary mind manipulations

[32:21] Saen’s kickoff book suggestions

[36:50] An assessment of needs and necessities from an investment standpoint

[39:11] The importance of learning from your mistakes

[46:28] Saen’s philanthropic activities and goals for the future

[50:21] Being your own boss to change your world and subsequently others’

[53:28] Success clues from today's episode

 

 

KW Used: good reading habit, wealth building, wealth strategist

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Episode 36 Keith

Owning both your strengths and weaknesses gives you the power to move forward in life confidently. And it is evident in the life story of Keith, my entrepreneur-boxer guest for this episode of Success Leaves Clues.

Coming from a boxer-artist family gave him an edge on those skills, some he had by birth, and some he developed professionally. He was also well-off financially. But despite his upper-middle class background, which in reality, created a “soft existence” for him, he faced multiple challenges in life. The first of them probably being Lyme disease.

When most of his pals were getting ready to go to college, working jobs, or having girlfriends, Keith saw his life fall apart because of the disease. He felt like a loser devoid of any self-worth. But in the years that followed, Keith turned the thought around in his mind by slowly building up his self-worth and ultimately his personal brand by becoming a renowned entrepreneur with his own boxing gym, called the Keppner Boxing Gym.

Listen to this episode to hear Keith’s personal and professional growth and the trajectory it took to get him to where he is today!

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Success Clues From Today’s Episode

●       Have clarity in life: whether it’s your relationships or business. It helps you move forward and see where you're going.

●       Learning to forgive can allow you to free up space in your mind.

●       It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to achieve real success in life.

 

About Keith!

Keith Keppner is a Professional Boxing Coach and the owner of Keppner Boxing Gym.

Connect With Keith!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkeithkeppner

 

Connect with Me!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drkwashington/

Host: Dr. K

Time Stamps

[00:02] Intro

[00:25] Meet Keith Keppner, boxing entrepreneur

[01:07] How a good coach tunes your mind into seeing what you can and cannot control

[02:50] How complexity holds you back from execution

[05:33] On boxing and art: Skills he inherited from his parents

[07:35] Life before being diagnosed with Lyme disease and the feeling after it came out in the light

[10:12] The reason Keith felt liberated after the diagnosis

[11:25] On his boxing training and doing it competitively and his father’s personal reasons for getting into it

[13:34] How the desire to be the world champion in boxing came to Keith

[16:30] The importance of a coach or mentor in your life

[16:51] How the experience and knowledge of the elderly helps everyone else

[17:42] How Keith’s mentor transformed his boxing career for good

[20:20] The diversity of people Keith is coaching

[22:17] Keith on where his business stood at the time of passing away of his father and how he took it from there

[23:23] The greatest friend and mentor: What Keith’s father was to him and how he has helped him reach where he has today

[27:48] Self-reflection, regret, and moving on: How Keith coped with the death of his father

[29:49] How the role of a parent changes a person

[34:43] Keith’s systems and processes behind running franchises

[38:05] The similarities in all of our entrepreneurial journeys and what to learn from them

[40:16] The car and the bicycle analogy that explain the challenges to running and growing a business

[44:59] The secret to continually striving for growth and following your purpose

[46:48] Success clues from today's episode

 

 

KW Used: importance of a coach

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