041: JV Crum III of ConsciousMillionaire.com | How to Grow Your Business and Make a Difference

Imagine your family business is failing.

You’ve just graduated from college and you’re about to embark on your career. That’s when your father calls and says he needs you to step in and help rescue the family business… or else it’s going under.

That’s what happened to JV Crum III. He had no intention of running his family’s trucking line business. But he had to step in and help his father turn around the business, or risk losing it entirely.

It turns out JV was able to turn the business around, make it highly profitable, and become a millionaire all while still in his 20s.

040: Amy Porterfield | How to Use Facebook in your Business

Did you know that the average American spends over an hour and 25 minutes on Facebook every day? OK, I just made that up. But it sounds true. As one of the largest websites in the world, Facebook is a behemoth no matter how you slice it.

It’s also a great source of new traffic and business for many businesses. The only problem is, few people actually know how to use Facebook effectively. Amy Porterfield is one of the few marketing experts who truly understands how to use Facebook.

039: James Clear | How to Adopt Good Habits (and Drop Your Bad Habits)

Do you ever wonder why you can’t seem to shake your bad habits? What if you could easily drop all your bad habits and adopt all good habits? Wouldn’t that make a huge difference in your life? James Clear is fascinated by the science of habit formation. Throughout his diverse career, he has studied ways to drop bad habits and form better ones, and he came on the podcast to talk about how you can develop your own good habits.

038: Derek Halpern of Social Triggers | How to Increase Conversions and Sales

Do you ever wonder why you can’t seem to shake your bad habits? What if you could easily drop all your bad habits and adopt all good habits? Wouldn’t that make a huge difference in your life? James Clear is fascinated by the science of habit formation. Throughout his diverse career, he has studied ways to drop bad habits and form better ones, and he came on the podcast to talk about how you can develop your own good habits.

037: John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire | How to Start a Podcast

A little over a year ago, John Lee Dumas was an unknown podcaster, hustling to get good guests for his new podcast. He barely even knew how to start a podcast, much less run a good one. Today, he has a thriving business based off that same podcast, Entrepreneur on Fire, and he’s interviewed an incredible array of guests, from Tim Ferriss to Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran to Seth Godin.

036: Lori Ruff and Mike O’Neil of Rock the World with LinkedIn | How to Use LinkedIn

Lori and Mike are known as the “LinkedIn Rock Stars” and they shown hundreds of people how to use LinkedIn for business. I’ve been privileged to be a guest on their podcast, Rock the World with LinkedIn, where they combine their passion for music with their passion for LinkedIn (yes, really!). What I love about them is they are willing to express some of their individual personalities, which is so rare in the often-stuffy world of business.

035: Mike Shapiro | How to Start a New Professional Sports Team

Mike Shapiro is the founding partner and current managing partner of the San Rafael Pacifics, an independent league professional baseball team in San Rafael, California. Many years ago, Mike had the idea for starting a professional baseball team to play at a local ballpark where his kids played baseball. Only unlike most people who come up with a crazy, hare-brained idea like that, he followed through. Mike shares how his new team ran into every barrier you can think of as they tried to get the new endeavor off the ground:

034: Jocelyn Wallace | How to Book Yourself Solid

When I first went to work for myself a couple of years ago, one of the first books I read was Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port. I don’t think I could have picked a better book to read upon embarking on the journey of entrepreneurship.