Creative Warriors

Do you ever feel like you’re holding yourself back? Not being your most confident, bold and unabashedly you for fear of “being too much?" Who better to learn from about being unapologetically you than drag queens! Today we’re talking about what you can learn about growing, managing and owning your confidence from drag queens to be fiercely you. Jackie Huba challenges people to express the best in themselves while teaching them effective ways to market their brand. She is the author of three books on customer loyalty, including Monster Loyalty: How Lady Gaga Turns Followers into Fanatics which she previously discussed on our show. Jackie has a unique perspective, and her ideas are always thought provoking. A former IBM executive, Jackie has been helping people build confidence, take risks, and live more fearlessly by harnessing the transformative art of drag. Her most recent book Fiercely You: Be Fabulous and Confident by Thinking Like a Drag Queen centers on her interviews with the world’s top drag queens and

A little preview of what my upcoming book is about. How to escape living your life in the Zone of Expectations and instead, live in the Zone of Possibilities. What holds you back? Trust. Trusting in what you can't expect because you don't know what's possible. How do you accomplish this? One of the ways is with Momentum Thinking. A strategy for forward-moving thinking. Get ready to soar to new heights and have a new tool to help you get there--Momentum Thinking. "There's no way to be open to possibility if you don't trust in what you can't control."-Jeffrey Shaw The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking  

If you're active on social media as a small business and are wondering, like many if it’s worth anything more than connecting with friends, this episode is for you. Today’s conversation is not about social media, but rather social selling and how social media is simply a tool that when used well can yield tremendous results professionally and personally. Tim Hughes is a transformational leader, best-selling author, and a top 10 Social Media influencer.  With a background in sales and sales management, Tim has been involved in Social Media for over 7 years, having built a following of 150,000 Twitter followers and positioning him as a top 10 Influencer.  He is a renown international speaker, blogger, and writer. With the disruption in the market from Cloud and Social, three years ago Tim was involved in the European transformation of the sales and marketing teams at one of the largest tech companies in the world.  He shares many of his Social Selling skills in his bestselling book “Social Selling: Techniques t

We all know in business that it takes more than one thing to be successful. But, if I had to say that there was one magic key or thing that everything else is built on, it would be knowing what makes you different, unique. This work is the primarily what I do with my coaching clients—to help them discover their difference. It’s never been more important to stand out in this very noisy marketing world. Today my guest, Ian Chamandy and I dig into answering the fundamental question you must answer for all your prospective customers, why should they choose you? Ian is the co-author of the book “Why should I choose you?” – Answering the single most important strategic question in business in seven words or less Ian is a founding partner of Blueprint Business Architecture, a company that developed a new methodology for strategic planning.  He has co-facilitated the creation of well over 200 Blueprints for companies large and small, helping them define what makes them uniquely remarkable at their core and using this

What does one of the most famous movie lines of all time have to do with your business and personal life? “I won’t be IGNORED, Dan!” You might be surprised. Or maybe not because this is the way my whacked mind works. Probably best you just listen to understand but let’s just say it’s not a bad idea to have just a little bit of crazy in you to get what you want out of life and your business. Is it your time to demand you not be ignored? “I won’t be IGNORED, Dan!” -from the movie, Fatal Attraction The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation – We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, atwww.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey – Website Coaching support Available for speaking Resources – Free Webinar: I’ll be sharing how to leverage your creative side and use it as an advantage in business. Join me for my free webinar, How To

Today we’re talking about yoga, inner wisdom, alignment, and balance. With a smattering of authenticity and truth. You might be wondering why? How will this help me in business and life? Well, when you aim true it's more likely that you will find what you are aiming for, your target. Kathryn Budig is an internationally celebrated yoga teacher and author known for empowering her students through her message, “Aim True.” She is a warrior for self-acceptance and honesty, helping her students and readers find true balance. The Kansas native graduated from the University of Virginia with a double degree in English and Drama before moving to LA. Kathryn has over a decade of experience in her field, she is the yoga contributor to Women’s Health magazine, writes weekly for Yoga Journal, and serves on the Yahoo! Health advisory board as well as contributing regular recipes. She’s a sponsored athlete in Under Armour’s “I WILL WHAT I WANT” campaign, an ambassador for Ford’s “Warriors in Pink,” and the founder of her ani

Who doesn’t want to achieve great things in their life? Isn’t that why you listen to Creative Warriors— to get ideas, be inspired and learn how you can achieve your goals? Our guest today is an expert not only in goal setting and achieving what you want, but will also know's the importance of working from the inside-out, understanding yourself first to achieve your goals. Dr. Chris Friesen, Ph.D. is a psychologist who has always been fascinated by what makes people successful. He is a licensed clinical, forensic, and neuropsychologist and, now primarily helps Olympic, and up-and-coming elite athletes, as well as other high achievers such as professionals, entrepreneurs, executives, academics, and writers, achieve their personal and professional potential. Chris is currently Director of Friesen Sport & Performance Psychology, a contributor for Success.com, and author of ACHIEVE: Find Out Who You Are, What You Really Want, And How To Make It Happen. We dig into Chris's work and get down to some excellent sp

What holds you up from getting started? From jumping in with both feet? From getting out there? Or what’s holding you up from your next adventure, or new business endeavor, or going to the next level? Is it feeling like you’re not ready? Or maybe it’s not perfect? Fear of not being good enough or of being criticized? I offer a solution. Have a Beta Mind. A mindset of co-create and collaboration with those you want to serve. Instead of holding back, put your idea out in the world, to those you want to reach, get their feedback, tweak it, and put it out again. Software and technology companies have been doing this for years. As entrepreneurs and creators, we can take on the same beta mind to get our work out there and co-create to meet the needs of those we want to serve. "Innovation for a new generation. Conceptualize, co-create, and collaborate" -Jeffrey Shaw The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know

Do you have too much stuff? Do your home, office and life need to be decluttered, so you can gain time to pursue all the things you as passionate about? I hope today’s episode inspires you to do more with less. And live your life with more freedom and flexibility. Joshua Becker and his family were introduced to minimalism six years ago during a short conversation with a neighbor. Since then, Joshua’s story and writing have inspired millions around the world to find more life by owning fewer possessions. Today, based on his thoughtful and intentional approach to minimalism, he has become one of the leading voices in the modern simplicity movement- his website Becoming Minimalist reaches over a million people a month and was named by SUCCESS Magazine as one of the top ten personal development websites in 2015. He is the Wall Street Journal best-selling author of Simplify and Clutterfree with Kids and his most recent book is The More of Less. He has contributed to TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, USA Toda

Of course as a Creative Warrior you are passionate about what you do. But are you committed to it? Are you committed to doing something with it? Are you committed to seeing your big dream become your reality? Are you committed enough to make it through the tough times? Today we’re talking about being Committed To Win! Dr. Heidi Reeder is the author of Commit to Win: How To Harness The Four Elements of Commitment To Reach Your Goals. She’s an expert blogger for Psychology Today. Heidi holds degrees in Communication from the University of Oregon, Stanford University, and Arizona State University and has authored articles for leading communication and social psychology journals. As a Carnegie Foundation award-winning professor at Boise State University, she serves as the Director of the Leadership and Human Relations Certificate program in the College of Innovation and Design. Today's conversation was fantastic and will offer you a different perspective along with lasting insights. Highlights - The 2 forces behi

Times change, people evolve, and understanding what society needs is an important part of success. In fact, being sensitive to changes is the optimal way to stay ahead of change so that you can adjust accordingly. I believe the world is in need of a new type of inspiration. Admittedly, in this episode, I may raise more questions than answers for them. Because I’m not entirely sure what it will look like or what to call it, but I’ve been sensing a new need in the style of inspiration for quite some time. While we’ve loved being pumped up by inspiring books and motivational speakers, it can also leave us chasing dreams without a firm footing. Leading to disappointment and financial ruin. Yet, I’m convinced, all discipline and action isn’t the right thing either. I know we need inspiration. Especially us creative warriors. We haven’t chosen the easy road. So let’s explore what I believe the world needs now; a way to be pumped and practical at the same time. “We need to learn to be pumped and practical at the sam

There’s branding, and then there’s branding with a twist! Find out how to get your brand to stand out in a competitive market. Take off your brand blinders and leave “me too” marketing behind. Today's episode is full of tremendous insight and is followed by a fantastic opportunity by a gifted brand expert. Julie Cottineau honed her branding chops at a series of high-level client and agency positions including Richard Branson’s Virgin Management, Grey Global and Interbrand. She is the founder and CEO of BrandTwist brand consultancy and the dean and creator of Brand School by BrandTwist a unique and actionable online branding class for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profits. Her own life has been full of magical TWISTS that have led her to reside in Westchester NY with her husband and two wonderful children. She is the author the best-selling book Twist: How Fresh Perspectives Build Breakthrough Brands and is a highly rated keynote speaker and a global authority on impactful and effective branding. Hi

As Creative Warriors, we all strive to be experts in our fields and masters at what we do. Today, we’re talking about the new science and research behind expertise with one of the world’s leading authorities on performance so that you can deliver at your absolute Peak. Anders Ericsson, Ph.D., is presently Conradi Eminent Scholar and Professor of Psychology at Florida State University.  After his Ph. D. in Sweden, he collaborated with the Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Herbert A. Simon on verbal reports of thinking leading to their classic book “Protocol Analysis: Verbal Reports as Data.” Currently, Anders studies the measurement of expert performance in domains, such as music, chess, nursing, law enforcement, and sports, and how expert performers attain their superior performance by acquiring sophisticated cognitive mechanisms and physiological adaptations through extended deliberate practice.  His latest book with Robert Pool is “Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise.” He is a Fellow of the Cente

We have something truly special for you today. A two-part episode on the topic of Emotional Branding. You might be wondering, "what is emotional branding?" Emotional Branding is for businesses that need to trigger the emotions of prospective clients in order to stand out and gain their business. It's the emotions that get them engaged and wanting to work with you. As a Creative Warrior, you are likely in a business where understanding the concept of Emotional Branding and having an Emotional Branding Strategy will serve you very well. Here's how the two-parts work: Part one, episode 177, introduces the concept of Emotional Branding. You'll come to understand what it is, how it connects with your clients, and how it will benefit you. The player for Part one, episode 177, is above. In Part two, episode 178, I provide 5 specific Emotional Branding Tips and Strategies. The player for episode 178 is below. The reason we are splitting this up is so that after you listen to both episodes, you can go back and just li

We have something truly special for you today. A two-part episode on the topic of Emotional Branding. You might be wondering, "what is emotional branding?" Emotional Branding is for businesses that need to trigger the emotions of prospective clients. It's the emotions that get them to work with you. Most warriors are in businesses where understanding the concept of Emotional Branding and having a strategy would serve them very well. Here's how the two-parts work: Part one, episode 177, introduces the concept of Emotional Branding. You'll come to understand what it is, how it connects with your clients, and how it will benefit you. The player for Part one is above. In Part two, episode 178, I provide 5 specific Emotional Branding Tips and Strategies. The player for episode 178 is below. The reason we are splitting this up is so that after you listen to both episodes, you can go back and just listen to Part two, 178, to study the tips and strategies better. I'm very excited to bring the Emotional Branding conce

Have you ever had a great idea, the next big invention, that you wished you followed through on? Today we're speaking with an accomplished inventor about idea generation and finding a lane in life that’s perfect for you, despite your personal challenges. Embracing your challenges and leveraging the gifts that come from them will move life forward. Stephen Key is an award-winning inventor, an intellectual property strategist, and a successful entrepreneur. The more than 20 products he has licensed over the past 35 years have sold in Walmart, 7-Eleven, and Disney stores and theme parks worldwide, as well as been endorsed by Michael Jordan, Alex Trebek, and Taylor Swift. In 2001, Key cofounded inventRight, a one-on-one coaching program that helps people license their ideas. His bestselling book One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams Into a Licensing Goldmine has been translated into five other languages. He writes about entrepreneurship and licensing online regularly for Inc., Entrepreneur, and the website Core77. Hi

If you could hire a special agent in your business, to come in and obliterate your biggest problem, what might you want to get rid of? How about inefficiency? Today we have with us an Inefficiency Assassin, who’s going to help you take out this obstacle and arm you with what you need to know to be more efficient in business and life. Do you want to wake up 10 years from now and think, “I wish I’d lived a little more instead of worked around the clock”? Helene Segura doesn’t want that for you either. That’s why she tells her time what to do -and teaches others how to do the same by slaying lost time. The author of two Amazon best-selling books, her latest being--Inefficiency Assassin: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter, Not Longer. Helene has been the featured productivity expert in more than 100 media interviews including publications such as US News and World Report and Money Magazine as well as on Fox, CBS, ABC and NBC affiliates. During her time management keynotes and workshops, she shares her mi

The message about authenticity has gotten through loud and clear. We know that to be in business today and build real relationships with those we do business with based on trust, we must be authentic. I'm thrilled entrepreneurs and Creative Warriors have embraced this all important message. And now we're hearing a lot about alter-egos, super powers, and finding our superhero within. Isn't this a conflict you might be thinking? Be authentic AND have an alter-ego? Well, before everyone gets confused, let's have a chat about this and set the record straight. "Authenticity is not something we become. It's something we uncover." -Jeffrey Shaw The Talking Stick is in your hands now. Let us hear from you. Be part of the conversation - We want to hear your opinion on the topic. Let us know what you think or share a personal story. Join our community Facebook group, Creative Warriors Unite, at www.joinwarriors.com and add to the conversation.  Contact Jeffrey - Website Coaching support Available for speaking Re

Do you consider yourself a freelancer? I never have. I've considered myself a small business owner, an entrepreneur, but never a freelancer. In fact, I’ll admit to thinking freelancer had a bit of a negative connotation for me. That it meant I would do anything for anyone;  that’s so not true if you want success. Today we have an expert about freelancing who will help us get clear on what it means to be a freelancer and how to prosper. Matt Inglot's expertise comes from running a web agency for the last ten years which he transformed from a traditional brick and mortar office and an 80 hour work week to significantly less work and far greater profitability. From that experience, Matt realized that most freelancers and consultants make life far harder for themselves than it needs to be. In an effort to help others Matt created FreelanceTransformation where he helps fellow consultants and creative services providers earn more and build their consulting business around their lifestyle. Highlights - The biggest c

Does the thought of managing other people make you uncomfortable? Would you rather just do everything yourself? What if managing people felt right? That it's about building relationships not just getting results. It is possible to feel like you're not just winning but in fact winning well. Karin Hurt is a keynote speaker, leadership consultant, and professor. A former Verizon Wireless executive with over two decades of experience in sales, customer service, and HR. She was recently named to Inc's list of 100 Great Leadership Speakers, AMA's 50 Leaders to Watch in 2015. Karin's latest book Winning Well: A Manager's Guide to Getting Results-Without Losing Your Soul combines the bottom line with the human spirit and lends tremendous insight into business relationship management. Highlights - Blending the bottom line with human spirit Expectation Matrix Relationship value alignment Confidence-competence matrix Why you should delegate Resources - Zoho Expense Are you wasting 5 days a month doing expense reports on