#006: Out of the Darkness with the Blind Blogger Maxwell Ivey
04/25/16 • 62 min
The Find Your Voice Rock Your Blog Podcast Welcomes Maxwell Ivey
If you find yourself having excuses in your business or with your blog, you are going to love this episode with Maxwell Ivey.
Max is a true inspiration... his positive outlook on life is contagious.
AND... you’re in for a special treat, because Max was even generous enough to sing for us on today’s episode (the first verse of ‘The River’ by Garth Brooks).
Enjoy the episode!
Bio:
Born into a family of carnival owners in Texas, USA, Maxwell Ivey lost his sight at age 12. Having a natural gusto for life, Max graduated college and became heavily involved in the Eagle Scouts. He also worked in the family business alongside brothers until his father succumbed to lung cancer. Faced with his own mortality, Max made some life-altering changes. He underwent gastric surgery and lost over 250 pounds. He started his own business, buying and selling amusement rides, and learned how to blog using software for visually-impaired people. Overcoming many obstacles, Max made a name for himself online and now shares his experiences on The Blind Blogger.
Reading, singing, and blogging are among Maxâ€s favorite things to do. He especially enjoys helping others find their bliss.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
- The changes Max has undergone since losing his eyesight
- How changes in technology have caused additional challenges for Max and how he has adapted
- How Max discovered that he was an inspiration (and how he still doesn’t believe it sometimes)
- How none of us see ourselves as clearly as people from the outside see us
- How he won a guest post that got such a great response, it helped him to realize that he was capable of inspiring people
- What his first website was like: How he created it without his eyesight, and that it was ugly but it made money
- The importance of backing up your website
- Why it’s important to have digestable goals (for your business or any other type of goal)
- How Max used small goals to lose 250 pounds
- The 4 groups Max breaks his goals into
- The power of having a positive mindset
- How to find one concrete action you can do today to move you closer to your goal
- How being exposed to our mortality can help us move forward and stop putting off our goals and dreams until ‘someday’
- Why we need to celebrate every accomplishment
- How doors start to open and crazy opportunities will find you when we we focus in the successes we’ve had and follow our hearts
- Why it’s so important to be vulnerable, and real
- Max sings ‘The River’ by Garth Brooks
When you count your blessings, they will grow. ~ Maxwell Ivey @maxwellivey
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Items mentioned in this episode include:
- The Blind Blogger
- Article: I Think I’m Ready To Be an Inspiration
- Life Lessons From a Blind Blogger (Max’s guest post)
- Leading You Out of the Darkness Into the Light (Max’s book)
How to Connect with Maxwell Ivey:
Website: theblindblogger.net
Twitter: twitter.com/maxwellivey
Facebook: facebook.com/Mr.Midway
Email: [email protected]
I want to hear from you! What was your biggest takeaway from today’s conversation with Max? Please share below!
The Find Your Voice Rock Your Blog Podcast Welcomes Maxwell Ivey
If you find yourself having excuses in your business or with your blog, you are going to love this episode with Maxwell Ivey.
Max is a true inspiration... his positive outlook on life is contagious.
AND... you’re in for a special treat, because Max was even generous enough to sing for us on today’s episode (the first verse of ‘The River’ by Garth Brooks).
Enjoy the episode!
Bio:
Born into a family of carnival owners in Texas, USA, Maxwell Ivey lost his sight at age 12. Having a natural gusto for life, Max graduated college and became heavily involved in the Eagle Scouts. He also worked in the family business alongside brothers until his father succumbed to lung cancer. Faced with his own mortality, Max made some life-altering changes. He underwent gastric surgery and lost over 250 pounds. He started his own business, buying and selling amusement rides, and learned how to blog using software for visually-impaired people. Overcoming many obstacles, Max made a name for himself online and now shares his experiences on The Blind Blogger.
Reading, singing, and blogging are among Maxâ€s favorite things to do. He especially enjoys helping others find their bliss.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
- The changes Max has undergone since losing his eyesight
- How changes in technology have caused additional challenges for Max and how he has adapted
- How Max discovered that he was an inspiration (and how he still doesn’t believe it sometimes)
- How none of us see ourselves as clearly as people from the outside see us
- How he won a guest post that got such a great response, it helped him to realize that he was capable of inspiring people
- What his first website was like: How he created it without his eyesight, and that it was ugly but it made money
- The importance of backing up your website
- Why it’s important to have digestable goals (for your business or any other type of goal)
- How Max used small goals to lose 250 pounds
- The 4 groups Max breaks his goals into
- The power of having a positive mindset
- How to find one concrete action you can do today to move you closer to your goal
- How being exposed to our mortality can help us move forward and stop putting off our goals and dreams until ‘someday’
- Why we need to celebrate every accomplishment
- How doors start to open and crazy opportunities will find you when we we focus in the successes we’ve had and follow our hearts
- Why it’s so important to be vulnerable, and real
- Max sings ‘The River’ by Garth Brooks
When you count your blessings, they will grow. ~ Maxwell Ivey @maxwellivey
Click To Tweet
Items mentioned in this episode include:
- The Blind Blogger
- Article: I Think I’m Ready To Be an Inspiration
- Life Lessons From a Blind Blogger (Max’s guest post)
- Leading You Out of the Darkness Into the Light (Max’s book)
How to Connect with Maxwell Ivey:
Website: theblindblogger.net
Twitter: twitter.com/maxwellivey
Facebook: facebook.com/Mr.Midway
Email: [email protected]
I want to hear from you! What was your biggest takeaway from today’s conversation with Max? Please share below!
Previous Episode
#005: Follow Your Heart & Live Life in Love with Reverend Cathy Silva
The Find Your Voice Rock Your Blog Podcast Welcomes Reverend Cathy Silva!
Have you ever thought about your life as a series of callings?
If so (or even if you never really considered that before), you are going to LOVE todayâ€s episode...
You will be hearing from one of my spiritual (and business) mentors, Reverend Cathy Silva.
I like to say Cathy is just a ‘big ball of love’... and you’ll see what I mean after you listen to today’s episode.
Bio:
Rev. Cathy Silva is a Pathways of Light minister, An avid student of A Course in Miracles, Certified Discover Your Sacred Gifts Guide.
Cathy offers Spiritual Counseling and Courses to help you awaken spiritually and live every day with love and true purpose.
Her emphasis is always in meeting you where you are to help you find the way that works best for you to hear your own Inner Teacher.
She is committed to creating a safe, open and comfortable space for you to share, explore and find the answers that are right for you.
Key topics discussed in this episode:
- Cathy’s upbringing and how she became an entrepreneur
- How she became a reluctant mom
- Her yearning to find out who she was outside of her ‘roles’
- Her quest to experience deep love
- Her vision of being trapped inside a bird cage with the door open, frozen with fear
- How her true identity (true love) began to reveal itself
- How she knew she wanted to help others discover their true identity
- Why she’s reluctant to make a plan
- That it’s natural for things to go well
- What to do if you are afraid to follow your heart
- How she went from not being a peace to being guided, every single day
- How to heal your mind and awaken to your true nature
- We are all here for divine purpose, to extend love wherever we are
- It’s important to be willing to do nothing
- The best way that things happen is to allow them to happen, to go with the flow
- How it’s important to be willing to try different things
- How miracles happen when we follow our heart
- What it means to be on mission
- The characteristics of a sacred gift and how when you know what yours are they will set you free
- How what we think others expect of us is almost always incorrect
- How we believe ‘the marketplace knows me for that’
- How it all comes down to one thing: Be who you are and do what you do.
- You were created as love, and you are a unique expression of that love
- Carve out some time every day to do nothing except what brings you joy
- Know that your inner teacher is always there supporting you
Items mentioned in this episode include:
How to Connect with Reverend Cathy Silva Online:
Website: cathysilva.org (Living Life in Love)
Facebook: facebook.com/revcathysilva
Email: [email protected]Â
I want to hear from you! What was your favorite part of today’s conversation with Cathy? Please share below!
Next Episode
#007: How to Become a Master in Your Niche
How to Become a Master in Your Niche
Becoming a master in your niche is probably a lot more simple than you thought.
In this episode, I will break down some different steps you can take to become a master and stand out above the noise on the internet in your specific niche.
Enjoy the episode!
Key topics discussed in this episode:
- More often than not, people give up before they start to see results, they never allow themselves to achieve mastery.
- Hang your hat- figure out what niche you want to master, and then focus.
- It’s important to focus on a niche that you are actually passionate about
- Set an intention to learn something new every day in your niche.
- You do not have to be an expert in order to teach something
- Don’t expect big results immediately
3 Ways to Become a Master in Your Niche
- Study Your Topic– get involved in your niche, immerse yourself
- Interview Experts in Your Niche– look for patterns and best practices, use the content on your blog or podcast.
- Read books on Your Topic (if you read at least 6 books on your topic you will be in the top 10% of experts in your niche.
- When people see you learning consistently, they will see that you are committed to becoming a master and they will follow you and take you seriously
- The continuity of learning is mastery, we never actually ‘arrive’.
- If we don’t stay up to date, our content becomes irrelevant.
2 Ways to Provide Value in Your Niche
- Research and Report– learn from other people’s perspectives and condense what you learn and share it.
- Personal Experience – your life credibility is more valuable than any degree that you could acquire.
- Don’t be afraid to share the small victories, they are often what makes the biggest difference for people.
- If you’ve done the research AND you have personal experience, that will put you in the best positioning of all.
- Don’t compare yourself to others, nobody else in the world has the same experiences and life credibility as you.
Challenge: Read one book and do one interview per month. Stay on the master’s path!
The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried.
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Items mentioned in this episode include:
I want to hear from you... please let me know what your biggest takeaway was from this episode. Also, if there’s a step to mastering your niche that you use, please share in the comments below.
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