Have you ever dreamed of being up on stage to deliver a message but you don’t actually know where to start?

If your goal is to become a successful public speaker and you want to really pursue speaking as a business, our guest today will show you how to get there.

Grant Baldwin is a “normal” guy from Tennessee who began his career as a youth pastor. He then pivoted to launch a successful speaking career even without a crazy backstory or a celebrity following.

Is there something that you’ve always wanted to do – but the idea of failing freaks you out so you’d rather do nothing instead?

Sure, things may not work out perfectly all the time. There are hiccups along the way where falling is inevitable.

But falling is not failing.

Falling is when you get back on your feet to start again.

Failing is when you never try at all.

My guest today is Linda Fogg-Phillips. She’s an author, speaker, consultant and mom of eight. Linda is also the director of Tiny Habits Academy, a program that teaches people how to create new, lasting habits quickly and easily using the science-based method called Tiny Habits® that was created by her brother, Dr. BJ Fogg.

Have you ever been told to surround yourself with people who disagree with you?

Or are you this headstrong leader who’s not open to other people’s ideas?

You may view disagreement as a form of dissension and disrespect, and worry this might undermine your vision.

I’m not usually a glass-half-full kind of person, but I can’t stop staring at the silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic.

There has been an amazing demonstration of radical service to others.

We’re so used to getting things happening fast. We want fast internet, fast food, fast weight loss results, and whatnot.

And we want the same for our business – we want to fast-track our success.

We think that success equals rapid scale and growth – wrong!

When we first start out as business owners, we don’t always exactly know what we want. We’re not always sure we’re going in the right direction.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work with your spouse?

Owning a business is hard enough – then throwing it into your marriage complicates things.

But it is absolutely doable!

And to prove that, joining me today is my husband of 18 years, Chris, along with our amazing friends, Steve and Katesha Weaver.

During times of big change or crisis, do you pivot?

Or do you pause?

Or do you find yourself scrambling to keep what you’re used to doing and to avoid having to create what you really want?

Having me speak on this today is my friend Mike Cline, who is the CEO of Tech Guys Who Get Marketing.

We all have trauma.

And this manifests in so many ways for everyone.

Some people are loud, some people go introverted. There are those who are depressed, while others are managed.

And sadly, sometimes the way we let our trauma or life circumstances mess with our heads can also mess with our growth.

This leads to self-sabotage that tramps upon the confidence you were supposedly born with.

I had a home life that said I should have ended up on the wrong side of the tracks.

I’ve struggled with suicidal ideation, depression, and anxiety.

In fact, having a podcast, owning my own business, raising four daughters, and being in a healthy Christ-centered relationship sometimes feel like nothing short of a miracle.

Today’s episode is all about your responsibility to share your absolute truth.

Are you results-focused?

Of course!

As business owners, we are highly driven to do better at everything because it’s how we know we could feel safe.

But this pursuit of better can actually destroy our happiness now.

Today, Doug Brackmann shares valuable insights into how we, as humans, are in a constant state of self-sabotage.

Are you literally doing everything in your business right now?

Do you feel like you have to be busy all the time in order to be successful that you can’t afford not to be busy?

You could be micromanaging yourself when the truth is you don’t need to.

Perhaps it’s time you reset your priorities and have an empowered team to back you up so they can support you in a way you’ve never allowed anyone to before.