Happiness of Pursuit

If you ever wanted to know how to fail, and ultimately how to succeed as a startup, this interview breaks it down!

Will Herman, Co-author of The Startup Playbook, shares his insights into what you can do to put your business on the path to success.

BONUS: I'm giving away 10 Copies of the Book, if you want a chance to get a copy visit www.douglasjfoley.com/105

Being an amateur photography I always love talking to professionals and learning how they mastered their craft...

In today's episode of The Happiness of Pursuit Podcast, I was able to learn how John A Demato took mastery to a new level by pursuing his passion for portraits and turning it into an amazing niche business.

More than just a guy who pushes a button for a living, I set my clients up for success beyond the portrait session by educating them on how to best leverage their image content for their websites, social channels, bios, publications, advertisements and various other needs - you know, the fancy stuff, :) As a former television producer, I have over 17 years of production experience, and have been featured as a lifestyle photography expert on several NBC Universal daytime talk and reality shows.

• Why you need to pursue mastery
• The importance of experimentation
• How to find your passion
• How to turn your hobby into a side hustle

First and foremost, thank you to my fans for your patience. I have heard from a lot of you asking if the show was continuing, and what was going on.

The Happiness of Pursuit Podcast is definitely continuing, and we have some big changes coming to the format of the show in 2018 to bring you more value.

We will continue to share stories about how ordinary people followed their passion to build extraordinary lives. We are going to be doing as many as we can through Facebook Live so that you can join us during the conversation, and interact and get your questions answered.

To engage in these sessions, make sure you have Liked and Subscribed on Facebook (click here) and Instagram (click here). You will get alerts when we go live, as well as event notifications in advance of our bigger shows.

As part of my mission to help 1,000 Entrepreneurs build a $1.0 Million Business by January 4th, 2023, I am going to be launching a new segment to the show called "The Happy Hour", where I work with aspiring entrepreneurs to solve business challenges that are holding them back.

Topics will include everything from finding and validating your business idea, finding your first customer, and scaling your business to sustain the life you want to live.

The "Happy Hours" are open to all of my fans. If you are interested in joining me or know someone who has a great business idea, follow this link here: Apply Now

For those of you who aren't ready to be a guest, but still want the help. I am going to be re-launching The Action Academy, which is an online membership community focused on helping you to take action and begin to build the life you want to be living. If you want to join the wait list for those announcements, you can do that here: Save My Seat (There's no-charge for the first 100 members).

I lost my voice for most of November and October as a result of Pneumonia and Back to Back Colds. As a podcaster, that becomes essential. I was able to use this time to refocus the direction of the show and make sure I was continuing to bring the same level of value to my listeners and fans.

As frustrating as the downtime was, it was a much-needed break that I think my body forced me to take.

I appreciate your patience and understanding while I bounced back and can't wait for 2018.

Have you ever been the awkward lonely looking guy or girl at a conference, just waiting for someone to come up and talk to you at the bar, or breakfast table?

Here's how most conferences go for me: I grab my badge from check-in. Next, I awkwardly walk into a hall with 150+ strangers and look around for a familiar face. When I don't recognize anyone I head to the bar or breakfast buffet.

Still not recognizing anyone, I find myself staring down at my phone as if I am messaging a friend who is "on the way..." (sigh)

For me, that's how most large conferences go! Today, I learned a ton of valuable tips from Networking Guru, Travis Chappell.

In just over 25 minutes, he virtually helped me overcome my fears and gave me some awesome ideas on what I can do (and it's not just "get comfortable with being uncomfortable") - the best advice comes around the 20-minute mark.

For bonus materials visit dougalsjfoley.com/102

The Happiness of Pursuit Podcast - Episode #101 with Garrett Gunderson, Founder of The Wealth Factory

There are two things that people are terrified to talk about...

Sex and Money!

Today, we are going to dive into that latter of the two and in a way that completely blew my Minda.

Garrett Gunderson is Founder and Chief Wealth Architect of Wealth Factory, and New York Times bestselling author of Killing Sacred Cows: Overcoming the Financial Myths That Are Destroying Your Prosperity. And he’s personally helped countless business owners create efficient wealth strategies that fit their unique strengths (learn more here)

I've been trying to learn more about money for the last couple of years. When I first started, most of it sounded like a foreign language, but after reading over a dozen books, I felt pretty educated...well until this interview!

In today's interview Garrett breaks down how wealth is really created, how to keep it, and the lies we are sold on the make others rich!

Even more impressive is their companies mission:

Wealth Factory's mission is to manufacture economic independence for 1 million entrepreneurs by 2020.

In today's episode of The Happiness of Pursuit Podcast, you will learn:

1. Wealth Factory's critical components include: Cash Flow, Taxes, Estate Planning, Insurances, Investments
2. How Wealth is Created and Passed On To Other Generations
3. How to Create True Financial Freedom

To learn more about The Wealth Factory, head over to https://wealthfactory.com