Episodes

How can you go from an employee to a business owner / entrepreneur in 3 steps? When people ask me this, most of the time it's because they have started a business and aren't seeing as much success as they want. When we unpack that, a lot of times it's because they have been approaching their business as an employee would. Which is why Teresa and I released this video to help you keep it super simple, because complexity is what kills a lot of businesses, especially when you first start out. W...

There were 5 powerful business lessons I learned from my life coach (Josh Coats) that transformed my life AND business. (Actually, much more than that, but I had to boil it down to 5!) These 5 things helped me lose 100 pounds and get into the best shape of my life despite my autoimmune, helped me rise up the ranks of LAPD, helped me retire early by creating a multi 6-figure coaching business, and helped me become a better father and husband. If any of those are on your goal list, you might be...

Yes, clutter can actually be holding you back in your business. It also goes deeper than that though too. We realized this after OCD and ADHD became apparent in our family, which caused us to look for ways to declutter not just our business, but our life. Here are the top 3 ways we've seen clutter hold us back in our business: It can easily get us into overwhelm thinking we need to do it all right now or our world is going to collapse. It can pull our focus away from what's actually importa...

As business owners and leaders, we want to help people solve problems so they can create massive results The problem we run into is when they keep getting in their own way, talking themselves out of it, or allowing outside circumstances to dictate what they do or don't do. That's where coaching trumps everything. One of the most powerful things we can do for them, is use the power of questions to help them reach their own conclusions, thus getting them to buy into THEIR WHY. Not in a way tha...

You might have heard about AI (Artificial Intelligence), specifically ChatGPT, and it might be giving you a sick feeling in your stomach. What happens if this takes over the world and makes my coaching business obsolete??? Hold on now, let's not get ahead of ourselves. You might want to spend some time in the "ecosystem" and you'll quickly find out you're coaching business is not in jeopardy. As a matter of fact, this is actually a great thing for your coaching business if you're someone who'...

If you're a coach, getting your clients to take more action so they can create more results is incredibly important. We all want to help make a bigger impact, and we can't do that if we can't help others with taking action. But what happens when what you're doing isn't working? Your client keeps coming back to you without taking action, and you're starting to doubt your abilities to coach? Or maybe you're starting to get angry because if all they did was follow your directions, they'd be abl...

If you really want to help your clients get results, which will in turn dramatically grow your business, you need to know the difference between coaching and mentoring. Because there are times when you need to coach because it would make a huge impact for your clients... And times when you need to mentor. And when you get the timing wrong, you'll know because your clients won't be getting the results you both want, and sometimes this can lead YOU to being frustrated which is not how we want t...

Thinking you need to sacrifice more to see more success in your business is actually keeping you stuck. I get it, we've all heard from various gurus that you need to hustle our face off, take massive action, and sacrifice sleep and many other things in order to see success. But does everyone who "sacrifices" themselves and their family have success in their business What's going to happen if you keep "sacrificing" those other important areas Overwhelm, Burnout, family disconnection, and heal...

"Money doesn't grow on tress." (Actually my kids always point it that it actually does) "What, do you think I'm made out of money?" How many of you heard these statements while you were growing up. How many of you say them nowadays to YOUR kids? Yea, I've been guilty too. The truth is, your relationship with money will determine how much of it you actually have. Some people even make a TON of it, but still are living paycheck to paycheck! Why is that? They "believe" something about money...

There are so many different skills you can learn when starting off with leadership, that sometimes it can get overwhelming. Influence, confidence, decision making, taking ownership, boundaries, rules.... Which ones should you focus on first? What will make the biggest impact? Should you focus on your strengths or your weaknesses? I'm even getting overwhelmed typing this. Lets get some clarity here, so we know where to start. The real question is... What are the TOP leadership skills you re...

I'm sure by now, you must have heard about the power of morning routines. And even though sometimes talking about them makes me cringe, people still ask me all the time behind closed doors what my routine looks like. I get why they want to know that though, if you start off your day in a way that fuels you to get after it, it's so much easier to string weeks, months and even years of progress together. But if you don't, its so easy to talk yourself out of it and not take ownership of your mor...

Constantly thinking you need to take more action is the worst way to make a real impact in your life. Marc, what are you talking about?!?!? I get it, we have been programmed to think that the harder we work the more impact we can make. I mean, when you first get started with anything, simply taking action gets you some initial results. So it's only natural for us to think that if we want MORE results, we have to take MORE action, right? But let me ask you. Does everyone who work hard make a...

If you're wanting to create an EXCEPTIONAL marriage, there is one thing you need to eliminate over everything else. And it's something you don't even know exists. It's the hidden manual you have for your significant other... An instruction guide we have for someone in our lives about how we would like them to behave so we can feel good or be happy Generally we don't tell them about it, and we don't realize we even have them. We also don't see the pain it causes FOR US. We feel that they sh...

The thought that success is up to you, is actually hurting you. I get it. You've been told to "take ownership" and I totally agree with that advice too. But taking it to the Nth degree, to where success is only up to you, is most likely not helping your future. I was having a conversation recently with someone who reminded me that this thought never served me when I used to think it too. Now I'm not saying that everyone is going to feel this same way, but after having thousands of coaching ...

Have you been trying to figure out the next leadership or personal development book to pick up? I know, there are millions of books, and sometimes because there are so many, it prevents us from picking one at all! Or worse yet, we do pick one and it doesn't jive with us, so we waste a ton of time. If you want to avoid both of those situations, we've got something special for you. We just launched a video talking about 10 powerful leadership and personal development books to read in 2023. Th...

Are online leadership training programs worth it? You have probably seen the number of online courses and programs that are out there right now. Obviously there must be something to that, right? But what about leadership programs??? Is buying an online leadership course worth it? Well yes... AND no. I personally invested in a ton of leadership developing training while working on the LAPD, as well as outside my career when it comes to leading in business and leading myself. I got A LOT fro...

Speaking in "public" can be a little nerve racking. Getting in front of people, even if it's in an online space, can have you thinking about ALL the mistakes you could possibly make. And guess what happens when you think about those things??? You make every single one of them. Truth is, you only get one shot at a first impression... Which is one of the reasons why we make this so hard on ourselves. We think we need to be perfect. And honestly that's just not fair. Because no one is perfec...

Do you know what happens if you keep saying yes to everyone? Being a "yes" person for a long time had my life being controlled by other people. I couldn't say "no" because I felt like I was always letting them down when I did. Here's the thing though... Did you know you are always saying no? When you're saying YES to something, you must be saying no to something else. Often times I find I just don't slow down to think about who or what I was actually say NO to. Every time I was saying yes ...

Business can get really confusing. With so much stuff to learn, and so many possible directions to go, the vast "options" can sometimes get business owners to feel stuck. As a matter of fact, that's what happened to us, which kept us at 40k a year for quite a while. That is, until we embraced this one strategy that helped us nearly 10X our business, that we want to share with you today. This isn't a magic pill or an overnight success sort of thing either, it takes some work... What is it? ...

What is the difference between leadership and management? And why does knowing the difference even matter? There are some HUGE differences between the two... and one is NOT better than the other. There are just critical times when you need to be one or the other. It's a dichotomy you have to master if you want to make the most impact. If you go too far in one direction, you won't be making the true impact you were meant to make. I know you want to make a huge impact, so If you're ready to ...

Does it seem like your alarm clock has your number? Wait, do people even use alarm clocks any more? Anyway... if you're someone who finds it a daily struggle to get up when your alarm goes off, today's video is for you. Teresa and I shared 4 secrets to never hitting the snooze button again!! This may not sound like that big of a deal, until you find yourself constantly giving in to more sleep, which ultimately takes you further and further away from what you really want. That's the position...

How can you lead when you're not in charge??? This is a question you might be asking if you have a terrible boss, you want to get promoted, or you just want to help out the team much more so you can make a bigger impact. The first thing you are probably already aware of, is there's a HUGE difference between a leader and a boss. Being a boss (or manager) requires you to be at a certain level in your organization. While being a leader, can come from ANY position. And many times if you want to...

What does it take to become a leadership expert? What do you have to do to MASTER the art of leading? The first thing it takes..... Is to STOP getting into the comparison game!! One of the biggest things I see holding leaders back, is comparing where they are with the other "leaders" out there. Thinking they need to be like them in order to be an expert. That's total BS, and it's not true. You can be a leadership expert in an entirely different way. And comparison will only rob you of th...

Self-talk sucks but let's face it, no matter how good we get, it still comes up from time to time. If you've struggled with it, I want to welcome you to the human race, I have yet to find or coach a leader who hasn't. But do you have a plan for the times when self-talk gets so loud it starts to talk you out of doing the things that you know would change your life? That's what Gary John Bishop tackled in his book, Un-F yourself: Get out of your head and into your life. This was a vital read f...