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IIP053: Inspiring Innovation In The Wild (Part 2)

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If you only remember one thing from today’s episode, make it this:

“It’s okay to make a business out of something that makes you feel good.”

Welcome to the second part of the first ever live coaching session, continuing the Inspiring Innovation’s first year anniversary (for part 1, click here)

And just like last week’s episode, we are going to eavesdrop on an in-depth, gut-wrenching coaching session with David Taylor-Klaus of DTK Coaching and Rachel Dewell.

David and I chose Rachel because we were both incredibly moved by her story, and are very, VERY excited about the unique business opportunity that we believes she has.

With David Taylor-Klaus taking the reins of this coaching session, we will discover ways to break the barriers that stop us from taking actions, and the most common entrepreneurial fear: Am I enough to make this happen?

David Taylor Klaus of DTK Coaching

The Silent Voice

Rachel Dewell has a story to tell… and a very interesting business opportunity right within her grasp. If she will choose to take action.

She has a voice that has to be heard and a role to share knowledge about a debilitating illness that plagues women — pregnant women — all over the world, and provide them much-needed support.

But the (un-biased) crippling fear of inadequacy holds her back from realizing her great potential. The thought of making a business out of helping others is hard for her to digest. And I definitely understand. So how can you stop feeling the need to justify? How can you feel good about the services you provide to others?

Making The Vision Into Reality

Tossing out the root of the fears, self-doubts and reservations that’s keeping Rachel’s voice in a tight, closed box, there’s finally an actionable push towards.

After today’s session, Rachel has a basic business model of what, and how, can she offer. The only thing left is to take action and make things happen. After following up with her, I can tell you this – just like with Patrick last week –With David’s guidance, Rachel’s procrastinating days are over.

Tune in to today’s episode and find out how David was able to encourage Rachel to embrace her role and let her voice be heard across the world.

Next Stop…

We are also thinking of having another episode of Inspiring Innovation in the Wild series. So, if you are interested, drop us a comment below to get a chance to be the next!

Items mentioned:

DTK Coaching
This Is My Wake-Up Call (Free Download)
David Taylor Klaus Twitter: @dtk
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dtk-coaching
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtaylorklaus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DTKcoaching
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IIP052: Inspiring Innovation In The Wild (Part 1)

Challenging The Status Quo

How do you challenge the status quo and bring more freedom, creativity and happiness to your life – when you have a full time job (in the form of a business that you own, but actually owns you), kids, a wife, and all the responsibilities and liabilities that come attached?

This 52nd episode of the podcast marks the first year anniversary of Inspiring Innovation, and it’s such an exciting milestone.

Before I get into today’s (incredibly juicy) episode, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported Inspiring Innovation during this passing year. Hats off to you — the listener — for walking with me through this wonderful journey filled with innovative, inspiring and actionable lessons from masters of different crafts, prolific entrepreneurs and admirable people – who’ve made it in the world of business and entrepreneurship. I hope, and know, that this year will be your year.

To commemorate this milestone, we are joined by coach David Taylor-Klaus of DTK Coaching.

David Taylor Klaus of DTK Coaching

Today and next week, David will work with two amazing, brave, and inspiring entrepreneurs from the Inspiring Innovation family, through a real-life 1-on-1 coaching session – that we all get to eavesdrop on and learn from!

The Overworked

Joining David and me today, is Patrick Sledz. Patrick, from Belgium, stood out immediately from those that applied to be part of this live coaching event. With unmistakable transparency and honesty, he described his current situation in such colors that we knew he will benefit from this opportunity.

We were looking for those that are striving to bring more freedom to their lives and are at the turning point of becoming entrepreneurs. Patrick already is one. But instead of owning a business, his business owns him.

Airing out your deepest feelings and fears is scary. Especially when doing that with strangers. I really didn’t know how much our volunteers would open up to David, the coach.

I shouldn’t have worried since Patrick graciously opened up and shared more than the pain and pressure from his business and his life: Although things are going well for him and his company, it’s far from what he always wanted for himself and his family. While his company is doing well financially, in terms of work-life balance — he’s almost broke.

In this session, David walks Patrick through the different hindrances that’s keeping him from having the life he wants, spending more time with his kids and build a dynamic team with the associates in his company.

We Discuss:

Getting over fears
Fighting the “how” paralysis
Planning backwards
Setting the right mindset for this journey
Handling complex situations with skeptic spouses or partners
Finding a passion, and realizing why that passion is important TO YOU
Creating the legacy that you want for your children
And more…

Ready. Get Set. Go.

A nudge through coaching brings Patrick into the right path, encouraging him to understand the root of his reservations and fears, which stops him from seeing the vision of his future come into fruition. In this session, he can finally take action that will reap great results — all of which can be witnessed in this episode.

UPDATE: Following the session, among other changes, Patrick and his wife have registered to the Inspiring Innovation Podcasting Bootcamp and he is about to launch his own podcast show, among other changes in his life!

Join us on today’s episode to get a clear vision of your own life, and a grip on how to move forward. Tune in for this eye-opening and encouraging episode.

Happy 1 year anniversary, you! I love you. There, I said it :).
Meron

Items mentioned:

DTK Coaching
This Is My Wake-Up Call (Free Download)
David Taylor Klaus Twitter: @dtk
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/dtk-coaching
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidtaylorklaus
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DTKcoaching
Patrick Sledz LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/patricksledz
Patrick’s Twitter: @patman2520
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3 Life Learned Lessons: Things I Learned About Life In 2012

lesson learned in life — Reflecting on 2012

It’s Been Hectic!

2012 was an amazing year for me. I left my dead-end job; I started an entrepreneurship magazine; I moved to a new country; I spent 1×1 time with internet marketing gurus Ed Dale and Guru Bob; I attended the ePub conference in LA and met amazing people who have become dear friends of mine; I moved countries once again, and finished 2012 by helping Julie launch her own makeup magazine.

Here’s the funny thing: Judging by my last year’s resolutions I had little hits and a ton of misses. How can a year — where I hardly accomplished any of my plans — end up so great? That was the question I needed to answer in order to make 2013 even better.

I Was Lucky In 2012

I got lucky in 2012, but that’s not surprising given the fact that luck can be created by massive action taking. In 2012 I unleashed some wild action-taking practices, and made sure to grab the bull by the horn. But how can I use my new year’s resolutions to guide and direct the sheer force of action-taking in 2013?

I found the answer to this question at the LA Marriott Airport Hotel, in the hands of Phil Lopez.

All goals are composed of ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’; All of your goals must resonate with your core values. The ‘what’, the ‘why’, the ‘how’ — must all resonate with the ‘who’. Find the ‘who’, and the rest becomes obvious.

Many of my 2012 resolutions where about the lifestyle I wanted to live. As it turns out, I was reverse-engineering this lifestyle goals using the wrong thinking path of “How->Why->What”.

For example:

“I hear Pat Flynn is making good money from niche websites” — that’s the ‘how‘.
“I want to quit my job and never work for corporate again” — that’s the ‘why‘
“I need to make good passive income to allow that” — that’s the ‘what‘.
The result? In 2012 I set to build 3 successful money-making niche websites. I focused on “good” niches, not on niches that I had any interest in.

When you start with the ‘how’ or the ‘why’, your goals are born out of fear, greed, and short-sighted thinking. Ultimately, the ‘what’ does not resonate with you, and the goal is missed. As I hate writing about stuff that I don’t care about, it was incredibly stupid of me to resolve to do just that!

How I Found My Deeper Calling

The correct path to choosing your goals in life, explained Phil, is starting with who you are and then realizing what you want and why. At that point, the how should become obvious. It’s “Who->What->Why->How” vs. the common “How->Why->What”.

Knightly Virtues — Much like the knights, we all need to define our core values and virtues.

Using an exercise that Phil gave me (and is included in his fantastic new book, scheduled to be released at Q1 of 2013), I finally found my ‘who’. These are my 6 core values that will serve as my compass in 2013:

Curiosity
Determination
Optimism
Making a difference
Personal Growth
Going the extra mile

Putting The Rubber On The Road

Looking at these values, I realized that my problem was not corporate vs. entrepreneurship or freelancing. My problem was that I was not satisfying my core: I was not making a difference. I was not growing.

Look, I know there’s an endless debate of “Should passion be your work? Should work be your passion? etc.” But reflecting on 2011 and the first half of 2012, I extracted the following three life lessons:

3 Lessons I Learned About Life In 2012

The base of leading a happy life is to enjoy what you do.
It really doesn’t matter how much money you make if you don’t enjoy what you do.
There is no sum of money in the world that is worth wasting your time for.

What's your 2013's resolutions? © Paulus Nugroho R - Fotolia.com — What’s your 2013’s resolutions?

It’s now time to create my resolutions for 2013

This year I’m using a different process, combining core values with Google-style goal making. I will share the process and my resolutions with you on my next blog post — I bet it could help you with your own resolutions, so stay tuned!

How about you? Did you make your 2013 resolutions already? Answer YES or NO in the commets section below!