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From Chiropractor to Full-time Coach with Victor Manzo Jr
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10/25/22 • 40 min
In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Victor Manzo Jr. Victor is currently a full-time business mindset coach. He started as a chiropractor in Illinois and after hitting his financial peak and burnout decided to pivot. His new journey started as a pediatric chiropractor where he wanted to help kids. After getting his patients to 50% kids he decided to stop doing things the traditional way and just use what he knew and focus on loving and building relationships with his patients. This method brought him lots of success and he looked at other entrepreneurs and wondered if they knew this strategy; which led him to coaching as a side hustle. Realizing that coaching was much more fulfilling Victor moved with his wife to Nashville and he became a coach full-time.
Victor and Jeff discuss:
- Started his career as a chiropractor, after 5 years he hit his financial peak and was burnt out every 4-6 months.
- Feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied, Victor did some soul seeking and reconfigured his whole practice.
- His office was now a lifestyle office, this caused his office to take a 40% hit as he looked at patients that no longer fit.
- Started to shift into pediatrics and kids became a main focus of his.
- With all of these changes he took another change and stopped taking all the business advice and decided to go back to what he knew.
- As the creator of his life, he should be able to dictate success as he sees fit.
- In business we are always trying to figure out the next thing and he wasn't doing anything towards the next thing, he just focused on loving on his patients.
- Looked at entrepreneurs and noticed that they needed this advice too so he started coaching as a side hustle.
- In 2018 starting coming out to Nashville TN and fell in love with it.
- He and his wife made the move from Illinois and he has been coaching full time since January of 2022 and it's been a blast.
- The whole coaching thing and transforming minds now is like taking things to a whole new level.
- Typical client: entrepreneurs come because 1) they have a struggle or pain they can't break through. 2) or they come to him with a big dream or vision they want to achieve faster but they don't want to follow the standard principles of what's being told.
- Vision is the biggest thing that he works on, then the main purpose for why you are here and then work on the (5) M's; mindset, marriage, movement, mission, and money.
- It takes 84 days to rewire the mind; it doesn't happen overnight, it's a process.
- He's a business coach too; business principles are never in the beginning, if you have a foundation that isn't solid, nothing you build on that is going to hold.
- In life we get stuck in our heads thinking how we have to do things once you let your mind dictate your life creates complexity.
- Anything new? Opening up classes; Money mindset essentials and an Online consciousness school.
Fast Five Questions:
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “I’m going to start promoting the living heck out of myself.”
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not trusting myself enough.”
- What is a book that you would recommend? “Power vs Force by Dr. David Hawkins and Man’s search for meaning by Viktor Frankl .”
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Smartphone.”
- What is your definition of freedom? “Choosing what I want to do every single day and not being told what I have to do and having the financial means to allow me to do that.”
- What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://www.empoweryourreality.com/
- Free discovery call (top right corner of the website)
and Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Linkedin (bottom left on the website).”
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
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From JOB to Buying and Selling Blogs with Chris Myles
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11/03/22 • 43 min
In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Chris Myles of Blogger Evolution. Chris started 4 years ago when he and his wife were working full-time jobs and his wife got pregnant. His wife wanted to stay home after their son was born and so Chris had to figure out how to replace her income. After searching online for ideas Chris came across blogging and Affiliate Marketing. After several failed attempts Chris made it work and his wife was able to quit her job within 18 months and Chris was able to quit his job 2 years later. Today Chris is getting back to blogging, he also has a podcast as well as a YouTube channel.
Chris and Jeff discuss:
- In the very beginning it was just him and his wife and they had jobs that were paying the bills.
- After his wife got pregnant, she wanted to quit her job.
- Motivated to help his wife stay home, Chris did an online google search of how to make money online.
- Eventually he stumbled upon blogging and Affiliate Marketing.
- After several failed attempts he was finally able to get his blog to work.
- Within 18 months, his wife was able to quit her job and 2 years later he quit his job. That was about 4 years ago.
- The first site that actually worked was a marketing blog that was doing pretty well.
- Blogs are like digital Real Estate and you can buy and sell them.
- Early on Chris created all of the content for his blogs, but now he contracts most of the work out.
- Your motivation for why you are building the blog is very important.
- There is tons of free content out there but paying a mentor or for training will save you time.
- There are so many different ways to monetize a blog, you just have to figure out what your audience would be interested in.
- There are passive as well as active ways to earn an income; Chris focuses on Display Ads and Affiliate Marketing.
- Chris talks a little bit about what drives the traffic to his blog site.
- Anything New in your world? Yes, a training program to show other people how to do it.
Fast Five Questions
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Basically having a skill to be able to teach other people, a valuable skill and also building your own passive income streams.”
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “My first website got taken out of the google index because I was borrowing content from someone as the other guy had suggested.”
- What is a book that you would recommend? “100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No by Alex Hormozi.”
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Keyword Chef.”
- What is your definition of freedom? “Being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it where you want to do it if you want to do it.”
- What is the best way to contact you? “Podcast - Blogger Evolution ; Website - https://bloggerevolution.com/ .”
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
Winning Tactics For Translations Business with Levent Yildizgoren
Freedom Nation Podcast
11/01/22 • 40 min
In this episode of the Freedom Nation Podcast, Jeff is joined by Levent Yildizgoren, one of the co-founders of TTC WeTranslate and has helped it grow from a single to a multi-language vendor.
Levent and his wife started their translation business 30 years ago and in this episode Levent talks to us about how they reached their own "Freedom Day."
Jeff and Levent discuss:
- He is from Turkey but lived longer in the Uk.
- In 1995, there was an opportunity with his wife's business to set up a translation company, translating from English into Turkish.
- After having their first child she didn't want to go back to full time employment but she wanted to do something so they set up that translation company.
- There was an opportunity for larger jobs and so Levent joined his wife in business to be in control of their future.
- When people are thinking about starting their own business there is an element of listening to your gut feeling, you can't line up everything.
- After 30 yrs, they realized that actually doing the jobs were great but they wanted to grow the business.
- So they built a team and employed full time project managers and quality assurance people so that they could control the process.
- At some point he realized no one was calling them and that the training of the team was good so they didn't need him.
- One of the keys to being in business for 30 years was that both him and his wife were healthy enough to continue and being able to move with the times.
- Levent has a book: the book is about global growth and it introduces a methodology with (5) steps; starting from market research to going operational.
https://ttcwetranslate.com/book/claim-free-book/
11. Anything New? In person summits and motion translation.
Fast Five Questions
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “First gather my thoughts together and work on my strongest point. With $500 and a laptop I can do consultancy or training.”
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “One of the mistakes I realize in hindsight is not having a niche and micro niche. ”
- What is a book that you would recommend? “ Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business by Gino Wickman .”
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “A password manager.”
- What is your definition of freedom? “Being healthy and having money that enables me to do what I need/want to do.”
- What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://ttcwetranslate.com/levent-yildizgoren/ .”
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
What I am doing to prepare for 2022
Freedom Nation Podcast
12/24/21 • 22 min
On today’s episode, Jeff talks about what he is doing to prepare for 2022. Annually Jeff begins his next year planning the week prior to Christmas and runs through the first week of the new year. During this time Jeff will be:
- This week Jeff will be finalizing all of his 2022 business plans for 4 of his 5 businesses in LivePlan.
- Tonight I will be participating in a Goal Planning session with my coach Jimmie Jayes to get my new Solar business prepared for 2022.
- He will also be completing two short Courses “5 Day Lead Challenge” through Clickfunnels in preparation for the One Funnel Away Challenge that begins on the 27th of December and runs for 30 days.
- Jeff will also be completing Jenna Kutcher’s The Instagram Lab during this week.
- Part of his planning for next year will be the final touches to his newest book “Freedom Day: Quit the Job You Hate and Live the Life You Want” and sending it off to the editor. The book covers more in detail all the things we have talked about on this podcast.
- Jeff and his wife Crystal will also be doing a ton of cooking for the holiday so keep your eyes out for it on Instagram.
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through :
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
Finding Your Freedom Engine
Freedom Nation Podcast
12/01/21 • 31 min
In previous episodes, we discussed the different aspects of Freedom Day and what that means in your world. In today’s show, we discuss the cornerstone of the Freedom Day strategy, the Freedom Engine (TM)
We will discuss:
- What do you enjoy? Start there first
- How I found my first Freedom Engine (TM)
- Determining if you can make money
- Taking the plunge
- How to get started.
Jeff Kikel has been in the Financial Services industry for over 25 years and is also an entrepreneur, owning 5 businesses. He is sharing his newest venture in the Solar industry through this podcast.
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
Its Not Your Fault that you have Financial Cancer
Freedom Nation Podcast
10/22/21 • 27 min
In this episode Jeff talks about the following topics:
- The baby boom generation was the first generation in our country that had access to credit cards and other forms of consumer credit. That began a period of people buying what they wanted, when they wanted. Much different from their parents.
- Debt is the enemy to long term financial success. For every Dollar you spend on debt today, reduces your future savings by $10 (based on 30 years at 8% interest).
- Most of us learned from our parents that debt was ok. Television shows show us the high end lifestyle, keeping up with the Jones’ is the way. As Dave Ramsey often says “Why keep up with the Jones’, They are broke”
- Although you are not responsible that the education system didn’t train you to be better financially, for you to reach your eventual Freedom Day, you will need to get control and reduce debt. It can be done if you focus on it.
- Tell the story of Andrew.
- EXERCISE: Know your enemy. Spend a day writing down all your debts. Make sure you have everything. This is a good activity to do with your spouse.
The Path to Entrepreneurial Liberation with Chad Harward
Freedom Nation Podcast
01/18/24 • 41 min
Today's episode promises an insightful conversation with the remarkable Chad Harward. Chad's story unfolds as he navigates unexpected career turns, from receiving top performance awards to being laid off, prompting a reevaluation of security and fulfillment. From his corporate roots to the dynamic landscape of entrepreneurship, his journey encapsulates resilience, adaptation, and the pursuit of genuine freedom.
Listen as we take a deep dive into the transformative Freedom Day method. This six-step approach touches on key aspects like marketing, sales, customer experience, productivity, systems, and finance. We unravel the intricate link between emotional readiness and business success, dissect the changing landscape of ownership across generations, and emphasize the essential connection between personal fulfillment and financial prosperity. Join us for a dynamic conversation that not only reshapes the entrepreneurial narrative but also guides you on the path to genuine freedom in business.
About the Guest:
Chad Harward is a business coach and consultant who helps entrepreneurs build successful and fulfilling businesses on their own terms. After feeling unfulfilled in the corporate world, Chad began following his passion and started his own advertising agency, Pinpoint Management. He now specializes in helping entrepreneurs maximize their potential, increase profitability, and design businesses aligned with their purpose. Chad is committed to sharing his proven business strategies to help others live their dream.
https://www.facebook.com/pinpointmgmt
Fast Five Questions
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? "I would focus on my my two most valuable resources. One is me, my experience and my talents. Second is my time. Then I would leverage that into maximizing relationships"
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? "I skipped over the dirty middle of my business. It only took me 15 years, to do what I actually console, and that was to replace myself"
- What is a book that you would recommend? "Profit First by Mike Michalowicz"
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? "Voxer"
- What is your definition of freedom? "You can be 100%, where you are all the time.., you choose to not because you have to"
About Jeff:
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
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From Biochemist to Business Coach with Debra Chantry-Taylor
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11/24/22 • 26 min
In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Debra Chantry - Taylor from New Zealand. Debra started as a biochemist and food technologist because her parents thought it would help her to find a husband. Debra learned that she really liked people and after being frustrated with her corporate job she quit and started her own business. After many setbacks and going back to the corporate world for a few years, she has learned from her mistakes and is now doing what she loves.
Debra and Jeff discuss:
- Debra is a Biochemist and food technologist by trade and a business coach by day.
- She found out she didn't like looking at tubes but she liked people.
- At age 30, she ran businesses for other people.
- Struggled in the corporate world and wanted to run her own business.
- She quit and started her own company; that was 16 years ago.
- Running a business was a lot harder than working for others. She made some mistakes, and had to go back to corporate for 3 and 1/2 years.
- Debra learned from her failures and went back to working on her own business.
- She found out about EOS; Entrepreneur Operating Systems and became an EOS implementer.
- EOS can work for any size business; it's a framework to get some traction first and some tools in place and then we look at vision later on.
Fast Five Questions:
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “ I’d want to actually understand what really makes my heart sing and what makes me tick. What's your why: why do you exist on this planet?”
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “Not doing your due diligence and not asking for help.”
- What is a book that you would recommend? “The EOS Life: How to Live Your Ideal Entrepreneurial Life (The Traction Library) by Gino Wickman.”
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Asana and Remarkable tablet.”
- What is your definition of freedom? “Being able to do what you want to do, when you want to do it.”
- What is the best way to contact you? “google Debra Chantry-Taylor, LinkedIn and
Debra.coach (it's a portal where you’ll find free tools, webinars, Debra’s email, and her social sites).”
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
From the Military to Coaching with Jason Skeesick
Freedom Nation Podcast
11/08/22 • 34 min
In today's episode, Jeff interviews Jason Skeesick of the Spear and Clover Podcast. Jason started his journey in the Army. He gained weight in his first year and then, over three years, lost the weight and found an interest in fitness. After the military, Jason returned to school and opened a CrossFit gym with friends. Sitting at work one day, Jason realized building his gym would be more rewarding than staying at his job. Making that decision came with its challenges but led Jason to coaching and a Podcast which he enjoys. Jason is currently living his definition of freedom and is excited about a new tool that's building coming out in early 2023.
Jason and Jeff discuss:
- Joined the Army after a brief stint in college and gained a bunch of weight in the first year.
- He spent three years working off the weight and became interested in fitness towards the end of his military career.
- Went back to school for Finance and opened a small Crossfit gym with friends. After graduation, he got one of the best starting jobs in the field.
- Sitting at work, he could only think about his Crossfit gym.
- The moment he decided to focus fully on the Crossfit gym, he realized that his two partners were no longer interested in making this their career and they had both gone on to do other things.
- Took 7 years to get 200 members and 6 months to get 300 members.
- Became a coach for other Gym owners and fell in love with coaching.
- He spent the last year in a "year of service"; time with his new baby girl Lucy, kickboxing five days a week and helping entrepreneurs.
- Started a Podcast called Spear and Clover in February.
- Jason talks about the methodology behind owning a CrossFit gym.
- Being in a mastermind group helped him move from working in his business to being less of an operator and more of an owner.
- Jason talks about how his gym survived in 2020 and the importance of core values.
- Having a Podcast has given him the superpower to "shut up" and listen.
- What's the plan for the future? More coaching; helping entrepreneurs build on a bedrock foundation.
- Jason explains the difference between core values and missions in business and how important your core value is to your business.
Fast Five Questions:
- If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? "Start to have conversations with my entrepreneur friends. I want to become undeniable and I want my passion to fit into something that can have scale."
- What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? "Operating agreement. Having an operating agreement that's not very, very thorough."
- What is a book that you would recommend? "For employees: Rich dad, Poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki and For entrepreneurs: Built to sell: Creating a Business that can
thrive without you by John Warrillow."
- What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? "A tool he's building called Score Center."
- What is your definition of freedom? "Freedom is having a business that you love that is working towards your vision that does not take from you. And it's having a family you love that you get to spend time with whenever you want. It's not working for money but for pleasure. And it's staying happy, healthy, and fit."
- What is the best way to contact you? "[email protected]
Instagram: Jason Skeesick and Spear and Clover
Podcast: Spear and Clover
YouTube: Spear and Clover
Discord channel: Spear and Clover community (free)."
Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started five businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since then, he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation.
Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com
You can connect with Jeff through:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/
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