Bringing your income and your business to its full potential depends on many things, but mindset is king. Investing in yourself through coaching is the greatest investment you can make in your business. Kathy Sarafian was promoted to president of AMO (Abbott Medical Optics of Johnson & Johnson) and quickly found that her mindset was getting in the way of her success. On the verge of quitting, she hired a coach who helped her break though the aspects that were holding her back. She then lead AMO to quadruple their sales.

Kathy has been the CEO of Drive Medical Canada and a Life Science Advisor at MaRS. She ’s been coaching CEOs for over 15 years now, focussing on emotions resilience and mindfulness to help leaders develop mindset shifts for greater success.

Expert action steps:

1. Invest in yourself. Don’t do it alone.

2. Create space between yourself and your thoughts; put yourself in the position to choose your thoughts. Are your thoughts serving you or not?

3. The trigger for positivity is self awareness. Positivity is precursor to success. We have approximately 50000 thoughts everyday and 75 to 80 percent of those are negative. Use breathing exercises to interrupt negative thought patterns.

You can connect with Kathy Sarafian on LinkedIn or her email, kathysarafian@gmail.com.

Look for the upcoming book, Peak Performance: Mindset Tools For The Entrepreneur, where Kathy contributes her learnings and insights.

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This is part 6 of the 10 part series: How To Hack Making $1 Million In 12 Months Or Less.

Some of the most powerful leaders in the world speak with conviction. Their actions and words convey their conviction and they gain the trust of the people who depend on their leadership. It takes coming from the heart and believing that what you have to offer is the solution that they need. As an entrepreneur, clients and prospects need to have faith that you have what it takes to solve their problem and that faith begins in you. Do what it takes to find your conviction. Be 100% certain that your solution will deliver so that you can convey your conviction to your clients.

Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. And sign up for a live and branded thought leader immersion workshop.

“Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” - Helen Keller

If you’re a podcaster looking for guests, or a guest looking for podcasters, a new, disruptive technology has been developed to help you make the connections. Alex Sanfilippo is the visionary entrepreneur behind Podmatch. It’s an AI driven platform serving the podcast community that connects podcasters with their ideas guests and vice versa. Up to six shows/guests can be generated every eight hours.

This conversation touches on the many benefits that podcasting can bring to your business, by giving you ample opportunity to have meaningful conversations while connecting with hundreds or thousands of people.

Expert action steps:

1. Seek to be a person of value, not a person of profit.

2. Build your network to empower yourself.

3. Stay creative.

To learn more about PodMatch and to take advantage of a discounted rate, go to https://podmatch.com//signup/getbooked.

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This is part 5 of the 10 part series: How To Hack Making $1 Million In 12 Months Or Less.

“When you get what you should get, you’ll give what you should give.”

Do your prices reflect the value of what you’re offering, or do they reflect your fear that prospects won’t buy? Shifting your mindset to value based rates doesn’t only increase your income. It’s about increasing your thought leadership for better client results, earning more respect from clients and creating an environment where they’re sure to be more engaged in your program and get more from your program.

Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. And sign up for a live and branded thought leader immersion workshop.

“It’s not money that I’m after, it’s freedom and impact. Money comes on the backend you serving a lot of people out of pain. So if I get rich, it means I served a tonne of people using my gifts and my skillset. Nothing wrong with that.”

Are you on track to hit your target in 2022? Marc Von Musser is back with more of his tried and true wisdom to tell you that it’s not too late. You can crush 2022 during these uncertain times if you have the right mindset. His heart centred approach is the most direct way to reassure your clients that you have the solution to their problem. You’ll learn how you can set aside your fears and concerns about money and throw out those old sales techniques that don’t serve you or your clients anymore so that you can focus on what matters most: serving your clients. It’s a marriage between the human heart and sales; two things that should never be separated.

Expert action steps:

1. Consciously claim victory. Get your beliefs in alignment that you can win the second half of this year. You need goals, you need to believe that you can reach them, and you need actions to take toward them.

2. Choose your hard.

3. Pick a proven mentor with a proven system.

To learn more about Marc Von Musser, go to https://www.clientsondemand.com/.

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Also in this episode:

Robin Sharma

This is parts 4 of the 10 part series: How To Hack Making $1 Million In 12 Months Or Less.

Are your prospects decisive or dabblers?

Are you decisive or are you dabbling?

When a person isn’t ready to take action, it means they don’t know what they want or how to get it. They might be close, and asking some of the right questions, but it doesn’t take much for them to fall back in to distraction and wasting time. But they won’t wast your time because you’re a decisive person, looking to work with decisive people who are ready to take action on your expertise.

Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. And sign up for a live and branded thought leader immersion workshop.

“I like helping people identify their sweet spot, that thing they’re most passionate about, the thing that provides the highest impact and addresses a really important need.”

There’s a way to grow your consulting practice by $250,000 to $1,000,000 this year and you don’t have to do it alone. Kim Chernecki has helped over 1800 freelance executives, consultants and coaches land lucrative corporate contracts worth millions of dollars. From mindset to business development, Kim will take you through all the steps on the way to closing corporate contracts.

Expert action steps:

1. It’s all about mindset. Come from the heart to serve your clients.

2. Confidence and knowing that you have what your clients need to solve their problems.

3. Don’t do it alone. Come to The Advanced Wealthy Consultant Summit to grow and scale your business.

Kim is teaming up with Nicky and Nancy MacKay to bring us The Advanced Wealthy Consultant Summit. It is a live Zoom event to help you leverage your existing business to create higher impact, more client value, and more predictable revenue than you ever dreamed possible.

For more information and to register, go to:

https://www.advancedwealthyconsultantsummit.com/?cookieUUID=01737f4f-62a1-42fa-8b6e-ea65484bd62e

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This is part 3 of the 10 part series: How To Hack Making $1 Million In 12 Months Or Less.

Running a successful business isn’t about the resources you have, it’s about how resourceful you can be. Don’t let your current resources or lack there-of determine anything for your business. You can find a way and you can make it happen.

Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. And sign up for a live and branded thought leader immersion workshop.

“The two best investors are the one that died and the one that forgot about his investments.” - Warren Buffet

“Technology in like a genie that, once let out of the bottle, not only grants wishes but never goes back inside.” - Paddy Hirsch

There are rhythms and cycles in life. What goes up must come down and vice versa but in the long term there’s always a state of growth. This same principle applies in the world of investing. Today’s guest is a financial advisor and libertarian level expert in the world of defi, crypto and the metaverse. He believes in the long-term potential of crypto and its blockchain technology and he suggests investors stay committed for the long haul and avoid reacting to the short-term volatility of crypto.

Michael Santonato is passionate about helping people reduce and eliminate bad debt, invest with confidence, protect their income and assets, and reduce taxes. He also offers technical training in the realm of crypto and blockchain and offers management solutions for people who don’t have time to do it themselves. 

Expert action steps:

1. Read Economics Explained, learn about cycles, investments, markets, movements, and get tips for your business.

2. Buy Michaels $50 course, Financial Wakeup Call. It is two hours of brilliant education on the financial system and its history. Get insight in to your own financial history and how to move forward.

3. Watch a bitcoin and blockchain documentary to open yourself to the potentialities and possibilities of where the technology is going.

To learn more about Michael or to take one of his online courses, go to michaelsantonato.com.

Be sure to check out one of his many videos on his YouTube channel.

Also in this episode:

Movie: Margin Call

George Carlin - You Have No Choice https://youtu.be/_7U5JVk_y7U

Book by Paddy Hirsch: Economics Explained 

https://www.amazon.ca/Man-vs-Markets-Economics-Explained/dp/0062196650

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This is parts one & two of the 10 part series: How To Hack Making $1 Million In 12 Months Or Less.

Getting out of your head and away from your concerns for yourself will open you up to be more present for the people who matter most: Your clients. After all, you’re there to deliver solutions to their problems. Showing up fully for your client will help you bring them from being interested in your solutions to being committed, and that’s a win-win.

Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. And sign up for a live and branded thought leader immersion workshop.