The Turning Point With Dan Maw

Tim Sanders spent most of his early career on the cutting edge of innovation and change. He was an early stage member of Mark Cuban’s Broadcast.com, which had the largest opening day IPO in history. After Yahoo acquired the company, Tim was tapped to lead their ValueLab, and by 2001, he rose to Chief Solutions Officer. In 2005, he founded Deeper Media, which provides consulting services for leading brands.   Today he is one of the top-rated speakers on the lecture circuit. Tim is the author of four books, including the New York Times bestseller Love Is the Killer App: How To Win Business & Influence Friends. It’s been translated into over a dozen languages and has been featured in Fast Company, USA Today, the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor and on CNN. He’s a master storyteller who offers listeners actionable takeaways that produce results right away. That’s why he’s one of the top speakers on the lecture circuit.   Tim's Key Points * Success is not a direction, you never get there. * Don't focus on negativity, you'll give up control. * Fill your mind with good stuff.   Guest Links * Website - www.timsanders.com * Landing page - www.timsanders.com/turningpint * Twitter - https://twitter.com/sanderssays   Top Quotes * I was so lucky to be on the ground floor of Mark Cubans company. * For 15 years, psychologically I’d been going sideways. * When I was a junior in college, my father was murdered. * Until that moment, my life was on a rocket ship, I’d already turned it round before. * I read a quote by Napoleon Hill “Put yourself back in a time when you were loved and when you felt like anything was possible and realises that, that time can be this time.” * I knew I could be that guy again. * I called my mum and she asked me one question, “What are you not doing today, that you were doing back when you were on top.” * Success is not a destination, you never get there. * Success is a direction and that direction is forward. * Feed your mind good stuff. * If you focus on the negative, if you give up control of your mind, you will get bogged down with fear and you won’t move forward. * Ego economics will get the best of you. * If you want to be a helpful person, make it clear that you want nothing in return. * If you’re a likeable manager, you’ll get 30% more productivity out of your people. * People who are highly liable get better service. * Don’t worry about being liked, worry about having a likeable personality. * Make yourself relevant to the other person and they will like you. * I’ve never found a truly vicious person who ended up happy with what they accomplished. * I didn’t want to just be a speaker I wanted to speak about the findings of my research.   Key Timestamps * 1:10 - The start * 2:15 - A personal life turning point * 4:34 - An all important call * 6:21 - My first book * 9:03 - Why we stop striving * 11:57 - Ego economics * 15:55 - Likability * 21:29 - Leadership * 24:48 - Modern society * 26.22 - Deeper Media * 31:42 - Guest links

Kyle a British designer living and working in Yorkshire who specialises in creating bespoke display typefaces for brands and publications, designing visual identities, and developing innovative typography and imagery that is both dynamic and powerful.   He's had the pleasure of working with clients worldwide, of all shapes and sizes to deliver innovative and engaging ideas, from launching small Silicon Valley startups to working with huge businesses such as Adobe and Bosch.   Kyle's Key Points * Always push yourself and always be curious for what’s out there. * Get out of your comfort zone because it will lead to something. * Embrace the unknown. * However long you search for the answers to all your questions, you will never answer them all, there has to be a leap of faith.   Guest Links * Website - www.kylewilkinson.co.uk * Twitter - www.twitter.com/mrkylewilkinson * Instagram - www.instagram.com/mrkylewilkinson/   Top Quotes * I left school and felt the pressure to go to college and study something quite academic. * I studied geography, phycology, human biology and maths for some reason. * I did that for 2 years then crashed and burnt by failing the courses which caused a re-assess. * I decided to take up photography as it was something I was already interested in. * Straight away, I fell in love with that type of thing and coming up with ideas. * I wanted the top grade and to get the A*. * Three-quarters of the way through the course, I ended up in the hospital. * It resulted in me missing an exam that I couldn’t resit. * My tutor at the time said, “Why don’t you do the design course”. * At that point, I didn't even know what design was, I took it on his advice. * Anything that you can imagine, you can create with a pencil. * Design for me is the thing that I was here to do. * I rustled a portfolio together and they offered me a job there and then. * Thankfully they let me go out for the few hours a week to study my course. * The senior designer left a week after I started and my responsibilities went up. * I once sent a magazine to print all wrong, I won’t do that again. * We had our normal Friday meeting and was told I was being made redundant. * It was literally, pack your things and get out. * A friend of a friend said he might have a job for me and I said: “I’ll take it, just tell him I’ll take it”. * The work was shit and I knew it wasn’t going to be a long-term thing. * I knew, even at that early stage that I had a goal even though I didn’t really know what it was. * I became their go-to guy for when they wanted a project launching or doing. * One day someone brought a magazine called Computer Arts into the office. * I was introduced to all this wonderful work and all this work that people were doing for big brands. * I realised then, that every “thing” is designed. * I started to get burn inside, wanted to be in that magazine. * Looking back, that's probably when my publishing career kind of ended. * We started doing things on evenings and weekend, running surely on passion and tequila. * You are only really as good as your last job. * We set off to provide a quality service and the work we wanted to do. * We didn’t have a month where we didn’t get paid. * It’s a case of putting the brakes on sometimes and making sure everything is considered.

Matthew Turner is an author & storyteller who works with entrepreneurs, founders & creative thinkers to build thriving businesses that light a fire within them. After interviewing 163 authority figures, Matthew’s unearthed how successful people overcome failure and adversity, not only ensuring they don’t ruin their livelihood but craft their greatest idea yet. Through his research & findings, he’s ready to share what separates successful business people apart from everyone else, and how you can implement a successful mindset that lets you build a happy, free & successful work/life balance — let alone profit & all the other goodness that comes with success & infamy. Matt's Key Points   * One of the biggest mistakes is being too general. * Make sure you start ready. * Know what you want to do and who you’re going to do it for. * You need to have a plan to get through the wondering through the wilderness stage. * Figure out what success means to you. Guest Links   * Twitter: https://twitter.com/turndog_million * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/successfulmistake * Book Page: http://successfulmistake.com   Top Quotes   * I got a masters and worked in marketing, I always liked marketing. * I was never a great employee. * Not a good yes man. * It’s about 5 years since I left my job and I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. * I wanted to focus more on my writing. * I was scared of making mistakes, I was scared of making any real steps. * I wanted to speak to people about how they changed their biggest mistake in their success. * People were very open and were like “which mistake”. * I can assure you ten fold, that the person you most admire has made huge mistakes. * A mistake is only a mistake if it happens and you learn from it. * We play up these narratives in our mind and over analyse and make it into a huge deal. * The detail is often the difference between something good and something great. * I wish I’d given it 6 moths to start something and to validate it. * I term it “wandering in the wilderness”, people try a bit of everything to figure out what they like. * I’m more willing to say no to things. * Sometimes you have to hear the same story over and over until it clicks. * Being broad just isn’t good enough. * The more focused you can be, the better. * You need to force yourself to deliver. * Nobody will start day one with the end product. * You’re not ready until you now what the hell it is you’re doing and who you’re doing it for. * It’s difficult to make a game changer.Everything I’m building at the minute is getting more laser focused. * You live and you learn and you make sure you don’t make those mistakes again. * I know how I work better and how I don’t. * It all begins with awareness. * You have the information you need at any given point to see what is and isn’t working, the mistakes, the everything but we become blind by keeping ourselves busy. * Once you become aware of something, you can actually take action. * Awareness on its own is nothing, it’s about how you apply that awareness so you act. * It’s hard, continues to be hard and I don’t think it ever stops being hard. * Mistakes and adversity occur in all walks of life. * The accomplishment of turning something around is big.

Colin Gray is a podcaster, a writer and a PhD in digital education. He specialises in engaging through content, with podcasting at its core and how to publish prolific content without killing yourself. His company, The Podcast Host, helps anyone to grow an audience by combining podcasting, blogging and video to cultivate fanatical fans. These days, Colin writes regularly on podcasting and content marketing, and he produces five podcasts along with his team at The Podcast Host. The topics include mountain biking, podcasting, subversive leadership and running a business. PodCraft is the flagship, a season-based show which tackles Podcasting topics head-on over a series of shows, looking to create a definitive guide each time. Colin is also an experienced speaker, both in new media and in the academic world. Most recently he was a main-track speaker at New Media Europe and spoke at Podcast Movement in Texas, USA. Colin’s Key Points 1. Spend a year or two building your content first. 2. You can’t build a business around content in 3 months, it takes at least a year. Guest Links * Website: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com [https://www.ThePodcastHost.com] * Twitter:http://twitter.com/thepodcasthost [http://twitter.com/thepodcasthost] * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_podcast_host/ [https://www.instagram.com/the_podcast_host/] * Our coaching membership: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/academy/ [https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/academy/] * Podcraft: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/podcraft/ [https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/podcraft/] * The Numbers Game: https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/numbers/ [https://www.ThePodcastHost.com/numbers/] Top Quotes * I soon discovered that astrophysics is far less of looking into the cosmos with fascination and far more ridiculously hard equations and maths so, I quit that pretty quick. * It was through web design that I got into podcasting. * I discovered quickly that most successful freelancers have had a good employed career first. * I ended up teaching web design in a school. * Podcasting was new and it was a new tool to get your content out. * I ended up teaching the lecturers how to podcast as a learning tool. * My job was teaching people how to use new tech. * Some people were aggressively against technology. * The site started out as content and teaching. * I ended up taking on a PHD in online education. * This gave me the safety net to jump into The Podcast Host. * The plan was to keep growing the affiliate but to start and do client work and online courses. * The client work we were doing wasn’t very scalable. * The client asked for more and more and if I was paying for a service, I’d want to get the most from it but it gets to a point when it’s starting to take the piss a little bit. * It was probably a bit my fault as I didn’t manage it that well or set boundaries well enough. * You really do need to set good T’s & C’s. * You can be flexible but under moderation. * It’s really hard to put boundaries in later. * We did a bit of good cop, bad cop on the clients. * If you have a team, delegating the decision making can help a little bit. * We setup a much more robust project management system. * I’m a bit of a tools geek, I’ll try anything. * The big focus for me was to reach more people. * I found it was difficult to sell courses even though we had great traffic. * The solution was the bundle it all up into a membership. * I wanted a reliable recurring income for the business. * I completely underestimated the repositioning of the company. * I think that video supports podcasts so much. * I’m learning much more about how podcasts tie in other media. * You can’t build a business around content in 3 months, it takes at least a year. * It’s much easier to do things incrementally and much for sensible. Key Timestamps * [0:49] – Many years ago, I studied astrophysics * [1:13] – Web design was my first step as a career * [2:03] – Ending up in education * [2:41] – The birth of The Podcast host * [5:51] – I always had it in my mind to work for myself. * [7:48] – Naughty web tactics * [9:04] – Developing The Podcast Host * [12:09] – A defining point for a need of change * [14:05] – Managing clients * [17:26] – Robust project management systems * [20:15] – Using tools so they work for you * [21:47] – Coaching * [26:22] – The biggest obstacle * [30:34] – The biggest thing * [33:24] – Guest links

Jessica Kupferman is an internet and marketing pioneer who is unafraid of new platforms and opportunities. She began her career over 15 years ago, selling banner ads when the internet was considered a fad. In her career, she’s worked with successful small business and some of the largest companies in the world including Comcast, Subaru, Leisure Fitness, and Bank of America. Now, she is one of the most recognised experts in the content marketing industry, currently focused on podcasting media.   Jessica is the co-host and co-founder of the She Podcasts brand where she supports and develops unique female voices in the growing medium of podcasting. Her popular Facebook community boasts over 3,200 members, and she has successfully spoken, hosted events, and gotten sponsorship for her podcasts and events. She was also the host of the very successful Lady Business Radio where she conducted over 150 interviews including notable female entrepreneurs such as Tory Johnson from Good Morning America, Andrea Beaman from Top Chef, and Shark Tank’s Lori Cheek. In 2016, Jessica launched j/k media agency after seeing the lack of proper representation for podcasters in the media space. Working with her clients, Jessica is able to use her Platform Model to successfully obtain many sponsorship and advertising dollars for her clients. Jessica is a mother of three, a wife, and most importantly a woman whose talent and passion is helping individuals find their own voices through the medium of podcasting and make a living using that voice.   Jessica's Key Points   * You have to be self-aware. * You have to know how you work best. * You need to know yourself very well. * Know what your flaws are and where your strengths lie. * Be ok with the plan if it changes.   Guest Links   * http://www.shepodcasts.com * http://www.jessicakupferman.com * Twitter * Instagram * Facebook   Top Quotes   * I have a communication’s degree which can go many different ways. * I didn’t really know which direction to go because, in my senior year, I had a baby. * I always wanted as a kid to have my own ad agency. * Almost everyone I know has started their career in banking. * I moved to marketing and started selling banner advertising. * I sold it to people who didn’t know why they wanted it or where it would click to. * I either had a great situation and a miserable boss or a great boss and a miserable situation. * I don’t really like selling, I don’t like to pitch and the following up. * I wanted to be a graphic designer and let others do the pitching. * I would get a job that wasn’t challenging and spend my spare time reading about design. * You don’t know how much time you’ve got left, so why would you spend your day doing something you don’t like. I was literally sick to my stomach every day. * I went for my other dream that I was afraid to go for. * My husband said I had to get a business coach who specialised in ADHD because that’s what I have. * The first thing my ADHD coach did was give me two clients. * You can overthink your decision until death. * There is no better way to learn that “off we go”. * I really recommend having a business coach. * Plan for what you need. * Each project was a learning curve as they came,