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Apr 30, 2018

Sivana is an ambitious and outspoken 20-year-old who believes the reason most young people aren’t achieving what they want is that they are unclear on who they want to become, undisciplined, and have a lack of support in education outside of the current system. From an early age, she has had her hand in different endeavors, including a successful fashion resale business, to a failed PR business. As a college dropout, Sivana has traveled from a suitcase for 14 months forging relationships and working with Forbes CEO’s, NYT bestselling authors, and online influencers. She is now on a mission to leave an impact through new forms of education, digital marketing, and influence. Sivana is passionate about speaking to high school students, reading way too many books (if that’s even a thing), and watching reruns of Survivor.

Sivana is very much a kindred spirit and the epitome of a Successful Dropout with her approach to life and work. From her struggle to know herself, to her commitment to get 1% better everyday and her "RAD" system of reflect, align, do...Sivana has thrown herself into the self-directed life. We haven't heard the last of her! 

Some of the things we talk about

  • Making money in high school
  • Success versus accomplishment
  • Struggling with who you are and what you should do with your life
  • A system for figuring out who you, what you want to do, and how you're going to get there
  • On purpose and passion
  • On people judging you for dropping/opting out of the status quo
  • Turn stress into an adventure
  • Always asking "what's great about this?"
  • The power of committing to being 1% better everyday! 
  • When is quitting something good...and when is quitting something bad?
  • The importance of never losing momentum
  • Advice for people who are thinking of dropping out of college
  • Advice for people who are already on their entrepreneurial journey

A system for progress and achievement (RAD)

Reflect - Take the time to get to know yourself, what you want to do, be and have. 

Align - Place yourself in the right situations with the right people that are headed where you want to go.

Do - Take massive action! Take the first step! 

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Apr 23, 2018

Jeremiah is the Cofounder and CEO of SimpleTiger, a boutique digital marketing agency specializing in SEO for entrepreneurs. The SEO industry is plagued by smoke and mirrors, blackhat techniques, and a lack of transparency, and Jeremiah wants to change that for good. For 11 years, Jeremiah has helped companies like Segment.com, Shopify, NBC, MTV, E*Trade, LG, and Sports Illustrated see significant gains in their search results, organic traffic, and revenue.

Jeremiah's story is a fascinating journey that illustrates the importance of introspection and understanding yourself to the fullest. If you have self-knowledge, a world of opportunity opens up for you that would not be available without it. Truly, it's hard to overstate the importance of this. 

Some of the things we talk about

  • Poor grades in school and what that means
  • Understanding your unique learning style
  • The importance of self awareness
  • Just in time learning
  • Tips for SEO and getting your site more exposure on Google
  • Building an SEO agency
  • Benefits of working remotely
  • The future of work
  • Parting advice for students

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Apr 16, 2018

This week I decided to sit down with my wife and sister and answer some questions from the SD community. 

Between the three of us we all run six figure businesses, manage employees and staff, run podcasts and communities, two of us dropped out of school, we've been broke, had business partners, worked with spouses, siblings and friends building businesses, we've failed, we've succeeded, we've switched, pivoted, or quit things...you name it.

We got a great response and you guys asked some fantastic questions that we do our best to answer here.

We don't have it all figured out, but we can speak from a lot of experience and the fact that we are STILL in the process of figuring it out. 

Here are some of the things we talk about:

  • Benefits of a brick and mortar business versus an online business
  • Business plans
  • Business partners
  • Raising money to start your business
  • How to start a brick and mortar business with a family and busy schedule
  • Being business partners with family and friends
  • How to be a great podcast guest/what to look for in podcast guests
  • Important financial knowledge to learn and keep in mind when starting a business
  • Business and taxes - what to do?
  • How do you build a business or endeavor that attracts people/customers?
  • The importance of culture, customer service, and your product

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Apr 9, 2018

Brodie is a public speaker and serial entrepreneur. Brodie currently owns and operates a number of businesses including a commercial real estate brokerage, a telecom marketing agency, and a high-risk payment processing company.

Brodie currently travels the country with his wife hannah speaking and attending a number of events on the topics of addiction, personal development, fear, motivation, and entrepreneurship. Brodie uses his past experiences with his battle against drugs and alcohol to inspire and empower others to overcome their afflictions.

Some of the things we talked about:

  • Brodie's journey dealing with alcohol and drug addiction
  • Getting himself together, become a real estate agent
  • Relapse!
  • How do you get to know yourself? How do you go about understanding who you are?
  • The important of meditation and it's real purpose
  • Starting a telecom company
  • Dealing with fear
  • Underlying rage and how it can be useful
  • Why hardship and failure is essential
  • Brodie gives advice to his 18 year old self
  • Recommended books
  • More!

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Apr 2, 2018

Caspar believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. Caspar has 30 years’ experience in building teams to make things happen. Starting as an entrepreneur at the age of 14, he has built and led teams in global corporations, start-up businesses, struggling businesses and high growth businesses. He built a team on a trophy-winning world racing yacht. But his toughest challenge by far was building his family team to sail around the world: with his wife and three children aged 9, 7 and 2. Along the way he has built multiple successful ventures from scratch and sold one for a 7 figure sum whilst sailing the Pacific Ocean.

This was one of the most fascinating interviews I think I've ever done. Caspar literally blew my mind and compelled me to set new standards for myself, my family, and my businesses. This guy took his family on a two year long sailing trip and at the same time built three successful 7 figure businesses and sold one of them. I don't care who you are or where you are in life right now, this episode will have something for you...not to mention it will be very entertaining. 

Some of the things we talked about:

  • Caspar's hair
  • Distruption
  • Early days and stepping out from the corporate world
  • Intention, vision casting and goal setting
  • How to build great teams and self-running businesses
  • Throwing school textbooks into the ocean
  • Stranded 500 miles off the coast with no power
  • Watching a movie projected on a sail in the middle of the ocean
  • Advice for students and young entrepreneurs
  • More!

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THANK YOU!

Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page.

Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremelyhelpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them.

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