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"You WILL respect me." Ever heard that gem? It's pretty much like telling someone they'll love you. At best it's silly, but usually it's just creepy. Can we share a couple minutes of realtalk about respect and how to AUTHENTICALLY attract more of it? (...without the creepiness!)*************************** 🔁 Please share this episode with someone you love and care about!

How can you repair a relationship when it's broken? We'll all face this question in our marriage, at work, amongst our teams, in our business, with our leadership, employees, peers and more. Relationships are at the forefront of our success, fulfillment and happiness, which can make it stressful when they break down. In this episode of Unbreakable Success I'll share the 3 simple (but not always easy) tips to opening the door to connection, communication and healing any relationship no matter how helpless it feels. You're not alone. You can do this, and I'm here to help.

Forbes recently released a report by The Workforce Institute with about the number of people who hate their jobs and wouldn't recommend their employers or career to a younger generation. How do we find fulfillment and purpose if we're in a career that doesn't provide either? Find out in Episode 63 of Unbreakable Success. P.S. - Yes, we're back! Make sure you subscribe for more inspiration, success tips, and motivation to keep your mindset strong. - Aaron

You know how much we love sharing amazing people on the Unbreakable Success Podcast, and Few Wu is certainly of the most amazing gems in our history. Fei is the amazing host of Feisworld Podcast, a documentary filmmaker whose 2019 docuseries features some of the most innovative and creative heroes in America, including Seth Godin, Dorie Clark, Sarah Cooper, Bisila Bokoko, Mick Ebeling, Barry Alexander, Cosmo Buono, Chris Voss, Gasya Akhmetova-Atherton, Andrew Atherton, and Kevin Atherton. She's also an extraordinary business coach who can teach you how to make money as a podcaster, but today, we're sharing a joint episode between Feisworld and Unbreakable Success. Fei and I have turned this into what I think you'll agree is one of the best episodes of Unbreakable Success so far. Discover our journey of entrepreneurship and our perspective on the path to confidence. Thanks to Fei, you'll also discover how I manage to leverage some of the critical skills I learned as a police / SWAT officer, and make them applicable the world of motivational leadership speaking, coaching, business, and entrepreneurship. PLEASE reach out to Fei at feisworld.com to send her some sincere love and gratitude for being an amazing guest and interviewer for the Unbreakable Success family in this episode. With love & respect - Aaron

We've all been on both sides of this equation. We've all received and given great advice, we've felt the inspiration, motivation, and potential for progress, but when it was all said and done, not much changed for the better. Today's quick episode explains why giving and getting great advice isn't good enough, and the ONE thing that makes the real difference between success or frustration.

Download this Episode Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 60 How to be Consciously and Authentically Masculine with Stef Sifandos. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or YouTube. Stefanos Sifandos is an author, international speaker, and mentor who -- if you're willing, will help you transform your idea of relationships, quality of life, and modern masculinity. In today's episode, our friend Stef shares his very personal story that led him on a journey of transformational growth through neuro-empowerment practices, and an integration of spiritual praxis and western psychology. Stefanos has brilliantly integrated the best of eastern and western methodologies and philosophies, and used integrative techniques methods to create programs and systems to enhance the quality of your relationships and personal performance.  Add to that, Stef is one of the most easily likable people you'll ever meet. Please make sure you've bookmarked his below website, followed him on social, and reach out to him to learn more from his and thank him for his time today. I'll say "you're welcome" ahead of time for this episode, because after this episode, there's no doubt you'll be grateful for the introduction to Stef. :) Please listen, share and make sure you're subscribed to Unbreakable Success on iTunes and YouTube. With love & respect - Aaron Full Transcript: Aaron: 00:00 All right, Stefanos, thank you so much for joining us today. Everybody. Welcome back to another episode of Unbreakable Success. I'm excited to have a conversation with somebody who I'm already beginning to think of as a friend is, you know, I have to apologize to you as you're listening, uh, all of you out there listening and watching because we kind of been chatting away and having some conversation. I'm thinking like we really need to be recording this because we're starting to get deep into the conversation, but I think we can pick it up with no problem anyway, for, for those that don't, you know, Stefanos Sifandos, and we were working on your name before we started. Obviously you've got a lot of accolades behind you. You're an author, you've been doing some speaking internationally. you're a phenomenal coach on, on masculinity and relationships. Can you tell us, just tell us a little bit about you, what your work is like today so people can get a good gauge on the things you're doing if they haven't met you already. Stef Sifanos: 00:57 Thank you. Thank you for the kind introduction. It's a privilege to be here as well. I'm super excited. So for me, I blend the combination of neuro empowerment practices, a Western psychological frameworks and eastern mysticism in terms of assisting people in cultivating their brilliance, actualizing their potential or shifting from a place of pain that they may find themselves in or that they're attached to. And so my coaching or a massive fan of the word coach, but I don't think I have a better one at this moment, but the guiding, the coaching, whatever it may be, the friendship is, um, it comes from a place of really wanting to serve and...

In just five unplanned, unscripted minutes, discover how to embrace the motivation to take completely responsibility for your circumstances, while avoiding the stress and anxiety. Remember, being responsible doesn't mean you have to do everything yourself, it just means you need to be smart about what you do. Please subscribe, listen, and share the inspiration of this episode. With love & respect - Aaron To get your free copy of Million Dollar Influence: How to Create Life-Changing Connection, Trust and Impact in Your Business and Life, just visit aaronkeithhawkins.com/MDI.

Download this Episode Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 58 How to Live the Ultimate Bucket List Life with "The James Bond of Public Speaking" - Kenyon Salo. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein.  Discover how to live the ultimate bucket list lifestyle with the "James Bond" of the motivational public speaking world, our new friend Kenyon Salo. The Bucket List Life is built off the three core principles that have helped Kenyon design a fulfilling life of travel, adventures, meaningful interactions, and achieving his dreams. Kenyon Salo is one of the top trainers, facilitators and keynote speakers in the fields of adventure, leadership, team building, sales, customer service and inspiration/motivation. One of only five members on the Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team, he is seen each week during game season flying into the Denver Broncos Stadium at 60+mph, ending with a soft tip-toe landing on the ten yard line. He brings to the stage over 20+ years of successful audience engagement through humor, awe-inspiring moments, prolific storytelling, and ‘edge-of-the seat’ content. With over 6000 skydives under his belt and travels that have taken him all around the world, he’s determined to live life to the fullest and help others do the same. Through his passions for adventure, storytelling, and connecting with people, he found a simple process to guide others on a path to what most of us crave – living a more fulfilled life. His goal through his engagements is to deliver a powerful and heart-touching message on the possibility of how amazing life can be through providing actionable steps that will help any audience, both personally and professionally, embark on a path to achieve anything they desire. Fast Facts: Kenyon is a Master Trainer and Speaker of more than 100k+ people Trainer for a National Social Media Campaign for Fortune 500 Company Featured on NFL Films, ESPN, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, MTV NFL Denver Broncos Thunderstorm Skydive Team Performed Stand-Up Comedy at Denver Comedy Works Travelled to 49/50 US States and 27+ Countries *Photographer, Adventure Video Creator 6000+ Skydives 450+ BASE Jumps 2 Amazing Kids Kenyon's truly a motivational force of nature with the elements of a James Bond character; carrying confidence, paying close attention to detail, dominating technology, dressing to kill and always striving to connect deeply. He stays cool under pressure while bringing his listeners through an immersive experience of what it means to live a Bucket List Life. James Bond is one of those heroes that most people can believe in, relate to and truly connect with – He’s an ordinary person who uses his gadgets and creativity to do extraordinary things. Just like 007, Kenyon shares effective tools to empower attendees to walk away from the event feeling ready to take on the world. This is achieved while keeping the organizers in mind so that they can rest assured knowing that Kenyon...

Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 57 Aaron Keith Hawkins | How to Feel More Appreciated. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein.  Full Transcript: Aaron: 00:00 Hey, it's Aaron Keith Hawkins and welcome back to another episode of Unbreakable Success. Thank you for being here today. We're going to cut to the chase. I want to answer a a very what I know for many people can be a very powerful question, very serious question, which is how can we actually feel more appreciated. We're all, obviously we're all worthy of being appreciated. We're all working hard. We're all taking care of our kids. We're all trying to be loving in our relationships. There's so many things that we're doing. Working on our mindset. If you're listening or watching this show, you are trying to do the right things. You're making progress. But what do we do when we just don't feel appreciated enough from the people in our lives, the people that we interact with, a work group, sometimes the people we live with? The truth is this. Aaron: 00:49 You know, I, I know the, that for many people in my experience, coaching and mentoring and working with a lot of people over the years. I get and I understand that the initial instinct is to try to figure out how can we make someone appreciate us more and the very harsh like rip the bandaid off answer is you can't. We can't make someone appreciate us. I can't make you appreciate me and you can't make me appreciate you, but the good news is that there are things and we're going to talk about three specific things today. There are things that we can do that are far more likely to influence others to appreciate us and for far more likely for us to just feel more appreciated. Number one is you have to protect your schedule and I said, protect your schedule, not fill it because what normally happens for people if they do pay attention to their calendar and the things they have to do, most of the time we wind up filling up that schedule, filling up our calendar, which is things to do. Aaron: 01:58 Some of those things are extremely important. Some of those things, not so much, but when I say protect your schedule, here's what I mean, and this is very simple. What are the five most? One of the five things in your life that you value the most, if you were to write them down, what are the top five things that are that are most important, most valuable to you, and everybody's going to have slightly different answers for someone immediately be their children or their spouse or their partner or their career, their business, their fitness, their health, their personal growth, spiritual growth. Whatever those answers are for you. Write them down and once you have that list and if you're a, it's okay if you don't have a pen or pad right now, just just think of them and then ask yourself honestly, are each of those things scheduled into your calendar every week? Are they in your calendar or they booked whenever your answers were? Did you block out unconditional time to engage in those things that are most valuable to you? Aaron: 03:12 And most of the time when I asked this of people one on one, they'll have that list and they'll say, well, you know, I do spend time, you know, addressing this thing or that thing or with my kids and I have some time here there. But the question is, do you have blocked out unconditional, nonnegotiable time for those things? And if the answer is no, then that's something that you can fix. But here's because here's what I can promise you. When someone is not intentionally making time, scheduling time for the things that are most valuable to them. If someone doesn't appreciate themselves enough to actually make sure that they are unconditionally engaging in things that are most important to them, then how can I expect someone else to appreciate them if I don't make time for the things? If I want to appreciate myself enough to make sure that I'm taking care of the things that...

Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 56 Michael O'Brien - There are no more "bad days" once you Shift. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein.  SHIFT. Creating better tomorrows: Winning at work and in life. That's the tagline mindset behind Michael O'Brien's transformational book and his work. No matter how successful you currently feel, or how much it seems like you're struggling, I can promise that after listening to Michael, his story, and message, you're going to have a powerful new perspective on your limitless possiblities moving forward.   You'll quickly realize that regardless of circumstances, you have every reason and opportunity to create your own 'better tomorrow'.   Michael is one of those authentic people who triggers you to want to achieve more, and appreciate what you already have.   Enjoy and share, and make sure you're subscribed to Unbreakable Success (search "Unbreakable Success" on iTunes) so you'll automatically get the next one.   With love & respect - Aaron Transcript: Aaron: 00:00 All right everybody, welcome back to another episode of the unbreakable success. This is the first time we're doing an episode and public. Um, I'm here with Michael Brian, author of shifts creating better tomorrows, winning at work and life. And, uh, Mike, first of all, thanks for joining me for Nice disbursed out in the wild. That episode is going to be something new for both of us. I'm glad we're here. We both happen to be Jersey guys, so thanks for joining me. For everybody that doesn't know you, as I'm holding up the book here for everybody to see that are watching on video, you go grab a copy of shift at Amazon or your favorite bookstore. Mike, tell us a little bit about your deal and then what's your, what's your up to today? And we'll get into backstory a little bit, but, uh, what's your jam today besides being an author? Michael O'Brien: 00:47 Well, so my jam today, it's what I like to tell people is that I help sales and marketing pros avoid their suv, right? So a lot of people are like, what does he mean by that? Numbers don't make sense to tell people, but like in all seriousness, I, I help sales and marketing professionals slay the doubt and the worry that inner critic stuff in their mind so they can have complete success. Right. So which we've talked about like as we're having some lunch. Yeah, like having all the external markers of success, the house, the job title and the success you had the success inside the film at that joy, that happiness. So now I'm an executive coach and I do just that. Prior to [inaudible] up, we're in Jersey. I spent my whole career in the pharmaceutical industry because that's what you do in New Jersey. Right? Michael O'Brien: 01:35 That's it. So I was a sales and marketing pro, then individual contributor and then I worked my way up into executive leadership. But the big thing and what the book's about is what I call my last bad day. Yeah. So that was July 11th, 2001. And as we're talking like back then we were anticipating the Washer, the ipad or ipod back then. That is so crazy. There was no facebook, there was no linkedin, there was no twitter, there was no youtube, there was, there was no way to listen to music except your Sony Diskman, which I had mentioned your head one, two. I think I still got it somewhere. Yeah. So I, uh, back then I was out at a company meeting in New Mexico and I brought my bike out. I've always been an avid cyclist and I decided to bring my bike out across New Mexico, off my list of skates. Michael O'Brien: 02:27 I wanted to ride my bike again, avoid the hotel gym, get some outside air, the whole thing. And uh, so I was doing loops around the hotel property before my meeting. I came around the bend and a Ford Explorer Suv had crossed into my lane full head on going about 40 miles an hour, smash right into me. Like I had nowhere to go. I remember,

Curiosity. We need it. Without it, we get fixated on the frustrating symptoms of our problems, and miss out of the opportunities to discover and address the causes. Remember that every action has an underlying, cause, motivation, or need(s) that the actor is trying to meet. Today's episode gives a simple example of how a lack of curiosity can easily lead to false assumptions. Be brave enough to leverage curiosity to improve your relationships, influence, and life. Please listen, subscribe, and share with a friend. With love & respect - Aaron

Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 54 Joscelyn Duffy - How to get from unexpected tragedy to unshakable triumph. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. We don't need to be struck with a life-altering tragedy in order to "wake up" and create an inspired, meaningful, fulfilled life. There are plenty of powerful and amazingly influential people who don't have a particularly awe-inspiring story that sparked a sudden shift or transformed them into a new or improved version of themselves. However, I do believe that we all benefit from some of the very special individuals among us who face seemingly unbearable situations, thrive through them, then selflessly share their journey so that we can better understand how it's possible to endure even the worst of days. When we're willing to authentically share our challenges with each other, we unleash our ability to defy common logic, spark self-reflection, and strengthen our ability to face even our toughest days. Case in point, my friend Joscelyn Duffy. Less than 23 months before this interview, Joscelyn was told by her physicians that she was going to die. Even as I type these words, I know I'm unable to fully comprehend the emotional weight of hearing that your medical professionals don't know what else to do to keep you alive. Joscelyn isn't just still here with us, she's thriving and doing work that she loves. She's also not just sharing her own story to inspire others, she's helping other people find their voice and share their own personal stories. As I said, we don't need to be struck with a life-altering tragedy in order to have an inspired life, but we do need to embrace the lessons of those who have. Joscelyn's story, and her willingness to share it, is a perfect representation of the power of human story and spirit. Just spending a few moments with her will give you a deeper understanding of courage, resiliency, self-concept, and authenticity. You're going to feel like you've made a new friend in today's episode. Please make sure you pay it forward and share it. TRANSCRIPT: Aaron: 00:00:00 Hey everybody, welcome back to another episode of unbreakable success. Definitely excited to share with our guests today, Joscelyn Duffy. She has many facets to her expertise, but Jocelyn, if I'm right, I would. I would. It would be safe to say your jam is helping people, especially entrepreneurs, get in touch with their message, clarify what their messages in any form and be able to get their message and their mission to out there in a way that truly expresses who they are, what's important to them, and most of all what they're looking to share with their audience and help them in their business and slash or life depending on what their focus is at the time. I'm. One of the things I, I. I'm amazed by your story and I'm humbled by your story you've had at Joscelyn has not once but twice a kind of looked her mortality in the face when she was hit with some serious illnesses and was able to thrive through it. Aaron: 00:00:51 And that in in a big way really led to your journey of finding this path to where you are today. And it's, it's, it's, it's humbling to hear your story, it's a very special story and I'm extremely grateful to have met you and gotten to know you a little bit and be able to call your friend today and have you on to share something with the audience that I know for a fact is definitely going to help them out and their journey and their mission, whatever they're looking to build in their life. So, uh, welcome Joscelyn and, and tell us a little bit about how you're doing today please. Joscelyn Duffy: 00:01:25 Oh, well thanks so much for having me. I'm delighted to share, as you mentioned, because of what my life has has brought my way in. What I've created from it. This is really is about service on the ground is level for me, so I'm so happy and blessed to be sharing these messages on a, on a global scale. Um,

Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 53 Nicole Jansen - What do you really want to be known for? Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. What do you really want to be known for? It's a simple but powerful question. As a listener of Unbreakable Success, you probably have sincere interest in growth, impact and contribution in your personal and professional life. But at the end of the day, what do you want people to remember about you, specifically? What will be your "brand"? This is just one of the many powerful topics that my amazing friend Nicole Jansen and I discuss here in episode 53 of the Unbreakable Success podcast, and it includes a great Gary Vaynerchuk "ESPN principle" that is extremely useful as you learn how to be the brand of your industry. Over the past 30 years, Nicole has coached and trained thousands of leaders, helping them achieve extraordinary results in business and in life. She's a Certified Human Behavior Specialist, Business Breakthrough Coach, and Strategic Intervention Coach, who's developed her own brand of mentorship, focusing on strengths and purpose, and integrating business and life mastery principles for lasting success. Founder of Discover The Edge, Nicole's clients are mission-driven and range from start-up entrepreneurs to large franchise organizations, covering a wide range of industries including everything from finance, real estate, and digital media to health and wellness and space exploration. Her passion for transformation and growth extends to the next generation of leaders, where she teaches and empowers people to embrace their strengths and passion through conferences, workshops and 1:1 coaching and mentoring. What's even better than all of her accolades is the fact that it's virtually impossible not to have an amazing conversation with Nicole. Honestly, as great as this interview is, it kinda felt like cheating, because Nicole is just naturally an awesome friend to talk to about things that really matter in life and business. Please make sure you're subscribed, and of course share this podcast episode with someone committed to creating something amazing. TRANSCRIPT: Aaron: 00:00:00 All right everybody, welcome back to another episode of unbreakable success. I'm really excited to have our guest today, Nicole Jameson. She's a keynote speaker, business coach, podcast host behavioral specialist, and I'm excited because I know there's going to be a lot of tangible stuff that we're going to get to today to help everybody out, listening in their business and slash or life. My goal is always both because, you know, our lives are alive whether I wear at work or not. So, uh, you know, I think we're, we're of the same mind when we realize that, you know, there's always the overlap, so if you're growing, you're growing. If you're not, you're not. So I'm excited to have you here for anybody, for everybody that doesn't know you, they really should be knowing you said, tell us a little bit about, uh, I definitely want to hit on your podcast real quick. Tell us, tell everybody about your podcast leaders of transformation. Nicole Jansen: 00:00:47 Awesome. Well thank you Aaron. I'm, I'm glad to be here. It's a pleasure. We had a conversation recently and little shout out to Christopher worth for introducing us. Yes, he's an awesome guy and uh, yeah, so I really enjoyed our conversation and I'm excited to be here today. Uh, yeah, in terms of my, in terms of my podcast, the whole lot. I'm a host and I can't talk to her now, Aaron: 00:01:08 but a lot time I got my name wrong a few weeks ago Nicole Jansen: 00:01:14 yesterday I was doing an event and I was like talking to people out in the 40 and I went, surely this will stop before. But anyway, I do. Yeah, I do have a podcast called the leaders of transformation. And what we do is we interview amazing difference makers. You're going to be on a difference makers, world changers,

Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 52 Dov Baron - How to Expand Your Thought Leadership Platform. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. There are few things in life as enjoyable as learning about someone's journey into successfully doing with that they absolutely love. Dov Baron is perhaps the epitome of one of those entrepreneurial journeys that I'm honored to share with you. Dov is the host of the number one podcast for Fortune 500 leaders, has twice been named as one of Inc. Magazine's top 100 Leadership Speakers to hire, he's a multi-time bestselling author, and has been featured in the media in places like CNN, USA Today, The Boston Globe, CBS Small Business Pulse and so much more. However, all of Dov's accolades aren't as important as his insights that he's giving you today on how to build a thought leadership platform. He's sharing how he got started building his platform, how write a book, and the power of finding what you consider to be your purpose and embracing it to be of service to others. You know that we love every one of our amazing guests here on Unbreakable Success, yet I promise you that today's conversation with Dov is going to somehow feel special. He's truly an amazing human being whom I've quickly come to admire for his passion, authenticity, and genuine desire to support you in your business and personal life. Please make sure you're subscribed to Unbreakable Success, and save this episode as one of your favorites. TRANSCRIPT: Aaron: 00:00 Everybody welcome back to another episode of unbreakable success. Dov Baron, thank you so much for, for sharing so much of your time with us today, sharing some nuggets, nuggets of wisdom for being here with us. Thank you. And how are you? How are things for you lately? It's been a little bit since we talked. Dov Baron: 00:14 It has an. First of all, I want to thank you for having me on. It's an honor and a pleasure to come here to serve you and your audience. I've been as usual, crazy busy doing all kinds of wonderful things and, and people say to me, you know, you're so busy. Do you have time for anybody or anything new? And the answer is always yes. If you want something done, ask a busy person. But I just, I, you know, I'm doing what I love so I'm busy. Aaron: 00:37 Yeah. So for, for those that don't know, obviously you've been in, you are one of the best when it comes to speaking. Uh, certainly. Certainly, I think if you probably don't know this right now, but I think he'd be like, it's one of those distance mentors that I look to and say, you know, that's some of the stuff you're doing is, is some of the things that I aspire to, so I appreciate you being here and if I can be selfish, I, I love having you here because I know I'm going to learn something from you as always do with my guests, but certainly to have the opportunity to learn from you is and share it with my audience as well as his extra special. For people that don't know you, you're enlisted in multiple places. One of the top 100 lead, a motivational speakers and leadership speakers in the world. You've been traveling globally for decades. Speaking to so many different audiences. You probably stopped counting many, many years ago. A written many books and all of that, but if we could, we'll. We'll get some nice nuggets where people can use in their business and in life obviously, but I'd like to give people some context about you. Like, where did this stuff, baron, a thought leadership plan, it's platform. Where did it start for you? If you could take us back in the day for a minute? Dov Baron: 01:47 Um, well I've been speaking for 34 years, so it started way before there was such a thing as a platform. I went to be a book Expo America in 2000 and so, and I was there looking and finding out whether I needed a book deal or there or she'd get a book deal and I was talking to some people. Then one of the things they asked me is what's your platform?

My buddy Christopher Wirth is the founder of No Quit Living, a speaking, coaching, and training company that focuses on accountability, goals, time management, networking, leadership, sales, personal development and so much more. Chris' approach to live is one that naturally promotes personal resiliency, and a focus on embracing your challenges as you pursue a life of positivity, persistence, and prosperity. I can promise you that any conversation with Chris is will result in some powerful insights, and today's episode is a perfect example of just that. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 51 Christopher Wirth - How to Leverage Resiliency and 'No Quit Living'. TRANSCRIPT: Aaron: 00:00 All right, Chris welcome! Thanks for joining us on this episode of Unbreakable Success. How are you doing today? My man? Chris Wirth: 00:06 I'm doing great. I appreciate the opportunity to be here. Aaron: 00:08 You know, I'm excited. First of all, I've got to thank you, for those who don't know, Chris was kind enough to allow me to jump on his podcast about a week or so ago, right? We did that. Yep. Yep. He's got an awesome podcasts. Chris, for anybody that doesn't know you or know you show, can you, can you just plug it right now for, for the benefit of everybody listening so they can check it out and see what you're up to? Chris Wirth: 00:32 I appreciate it. So the show is called No Quit Living in basically the m.o. Of our show as well as our company is just to motivate and inspire people to never give up. And we work with entrepreneurs. We work with traditional employees of companies, we work with corporations, teams, and it's just a really fun atmosphere. And I think the one thing that we talk about a lot is accountability and self accountability. And as I said, I feel that there's so much negativity in the social media world and the media world in general, that we want to be that one place where people can come to and know that they're gonna be inspired, motivated to never give up. Aaron: 01:03 Yeah, I love it, man. I think that's part of the reason that we have so much. When, uh, when we met a big shout out to Bryan Falchuk again for introducing us, I feel like every three episodes on my show, I'm thanking Brian, for introducing me to somebody, Chris Wirth: 01:17 He told me, he told me, he told me to plug him too when he said he'd give me 1500 bucks. So Brian, thank you my man. Aaron: 01:25 We'll split it down the middle. Chris, tell us a little about what you're doing. Because I love the concept of no quit living. I'm just, if, any of us listening just sit back and kind of think about that and let it soak in for a second. The idea of No Quit Living. Where did that, where did that come from? Because I'm, I have no doubt there's a reason behind that name and that title and the reason you named your your business and what you're doing. No Quit Living. How did that start? Chris Wirth: 01:55 Yeah, no, there's definitely a story behind it. So a few years ago, I think still to this day, I subscribe to about five or six daily quotes of the day and I was, I don't know if I was going through a tough day or just having a tough morning, but one of the quotes that came across my desk was by Dr Norman Vincent Peale, which is, it's always too early to quit. And what I, what I ended up doing was I ended up printing it out a couple of times. I think I enlarged it and Lo and behold, a couple of years later I was looking at different things and I don't know why, but no, quit living. Just just stood out for me. And I am a former college basketball and college tennis player. I coached a high school and college basketball for a while. So for me, sports in college has always been kind of my, my driving force. Chris Wirth: 02:36 And the one thing that I realized now working with teams, corporations and individuals on the coaching,

There's nothing better than the idea of living a life that feels aligned with what you simply LOVE to do. It's just one of the many things I admire about my friend Sonya Looney. She's a World Champion athlete who has managed to build a dedicated following, a thought-leadership platform, a podcast and personal brand simply by sharing what she learns, loves, and believes. There are so many lessons to learn from Sonya, but the first one is to make sure you're finding a way to do more of what excites you. Sonya has built (and is still building) her following with chasing like and follows, but by being herself and sharing her perspectives with the world. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 50 World Champion Athlete, Sonya Looney - How to Build a Following with Authenticity. TRANSCRIPT: Aaron: 00:00 Alright you guys welcome back to another episode of Unbreakable Success. We have a pretty amazing guest today as we always do, but this one's really special. Her name is Sonya Looney. She's a world champion. I'm a mountain biker. She's a motivational speaker, professional athlete, adventure, author. Sonia is up to so many things. She just opened her a shop called Moxie and grit. Is that right? Sonya? That's right. I will talk about that in a few minutes. Um, but Sonya, you do some amazing things and I, I got a lead into this by saying seven day races, like you gotta, like give me a short segment of how that happened. Sonya: 00:39 Yeah, 70 races. It's funny, it sounds really long, but when you're doing it, it doesn't seem like it's that long. But basically what happened was when I first started mountain biking, I was doing shorter courses like in it's called cross country racing and those are typically about an hour and a half long. So most people are familiar with running. They're familiar with 5k , 10k marathon, ultra marathon. So basically I started doing the ultra marathon style of racing in mountain biking and then from there there was these races called stage races where every day there's a set start and finish, but a different course and sometimes it's point to point or sometimes it's a loop from a central location, but you get to race on seven, seven different courses in a country or region and accumulative time at the end of the seven days is the final results of the race. So it rewards consistency over being crazy one day and then being tired the next. Aaron: 01:36 Well there's got to be some great business lessons in there. I'm sure we'll share it. We'll definitely segue into that to talk about the consistency, but for anybody that doesn't know you or you got so much going on, but what is. What's the. What would be your definition of, of what you do? You know, Sonya Looney writing or speaking her own bio. How would you describe yourself? Right now? Sonya: 02:02 I would describe myself as somebody who is trying to use what I'm passionate about, which is mountain biking and adventures, to use it as a vehicle to talk about things that I've learned to help me live the life I'm living, like I'm living my dream. It's incredible. Like never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be where I am today. So my why, my why when I wake up in the morning, I want to help make the world a better place without sounding cliche. I want to give people the tools and the confidence to take steps in their life to go after that thing that they want to do. It doesn't have to be a mountain biking, but just that thing that they want to do. Everybody has something in the back of their mind that they wished that they would do. And I want to help break down the barriers so people can go after that. Aaron: 02:46 That's pretty awesome. That's amazing. I love that you're, um, you know, how, how you parlayed your, almost your, uh, your athleticism in and you're biking and turning into a much larger mission. I'd love to know because there's so much like when people go to yo...

I love it when I see amazing people sharing their gifts with the world through entrepreneurship, but I love it even more when they're able to avoid the pain of common business mistakes while doing it. Fortunately, we've got Jay Rooke here today to share some of his wisdom as a successful business coach. You're welcome! Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 49 Jay Rooke - How to Avoid the Pain of Common Business Mistakes. Here's what you'll love about this conversation with Jay. We talk about mistakes, so you can avoid making them! Trust me, our journey in business and life gets a lot easier when we know where some of the potholes are. You'll learn from some of the mistakes that Jay openly admits to over the years, and we'll get into specifics about some of the big mistakes and issues that you should be thinking about in your own business. Whether you're transitioning from the corporate world, starting a side-hustle (I really don't like the term, but you know what I mean), or are a veteran entrepreneur, you're going to learn some valuable insights from our friend Jay and will definitely lower your chances of making some unnecessary mistakes. In addition to being a growth-oriented business coach, Jay is also the host of the Know Pain, Know Gain podcast, a former attorney, keynote speaker, and the co-Founder of GivingKicks.com, a charity initiative to provide 1000 pairs of sneakers for underprivileged kids. Needless to say, Jay's an all-around great guy. I'm a big fan and we had a great time creating this episode for you, so please enjoy and share!More about Jay... A member of Forbes Coaches Council, Jay Rooke, J.D., jay is a trained executive and business coach who resides in wine country in Sonoma, California. Jay spent the first half of his life on the East Coast where he worked as a toxic tort litigator for the City of New York, as well as helping Merck pharmaceuticals launch the first-ever anticancer vaccine. He attended culinary school in New York City, and later opened his own restaurant in California. Prior to coaching, he most recently worked for NBC Sports; he also has experience working in the clean tech, sustainability and wine industries.  Jay is the Co-Founder of GivingKicks.com, a charitable initiative to provide 1,000 shoes to 1,000 underprivileged kids when they go back to school in the fall. Jay completed his coaching training at The Coaches Training Institute in California and is an ACC/CPCC/BOSI certified coach. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut, where he was a member of the Law Review; and he earned his Bachelor’s in English and Spanish from Bowdoin College in Maine. Jay is a passionate home cook, an avid hiker and loves anything with four legs. Jay works with entrepreneurs and business owners who want to bring their companies to the next level. As a former attorney who spent most of his career in the corporate world, his business coaching practice provides real-world solutions for growth-oriented businesses. How can I help you further? Text or call me now at (888)348-7298 Resources from Unbreakable Success Podcast Episode 49: JayRooke.com GivingKicks.com Facebook: fb.com/TribeCreator Linkedin: Linkedin.com/in/JayRooke Twitter: Twitter.com/JayRooke

You've faced many challenges, and you might be facing some right now, but you're about to discover how to overcome any challenge with True Grit and Grace thanks to our friend Amberly Lago. She's amazing. Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 48 Amberly Lago - How to Overcome Any Challenge with True Grit and Grace. We've been blessed with so many stellar guests here on Unbreakable Success, but none quite like Amberly Lago. I actually met Amberly on Instagram after we'd been following each other for a while. When I realized she had a new book coming out to share her amazing story, I had to reach out to meet her, invite her to the show, and let you benefit from having her awesomeness in your life too. I'm glad I went with my gut because we wound up chatting it up like old friends. I learned her husband is a retired police lieutenant (like me!), she's got mad love for animals, and I even got the dish on her days performing with MC Hammer! Yes, that MC Hammer!! Of course, as we all know, sometimes life can really punch us in the face, and it can be painful. No one knows challenge and pain quite like Amber. She was hit by a car while riding her motorcycle on an otherwise beautiful California day. Her leg was eviscerated, and there was about a 1% change of saving it. Obviously, those odds didn't know Amberly... You'll hear her full story in this episode, but suffice it to say, she was amazing long before the accident that changed her life. She's a Texan who moved to California to pursue her dream. She's dancer, fitness instructor, and has an amazing husband and beautiful children. She spent 3 months in the hospital after her accident, and has endured over 30 surgeries. A series of amazing miracles that you'll hear about in this episode led to her leg being saved. She still lives with chronic pain, but has dedicated her life to helping others triumph over theirs. We honestly need more people like her in this world. What she endured is not the story. The real story is how she endures. Amberly is one of the most sincere and gracious humans you'll ever meet. There's always a smile in her voice, and there's an air of humility about her that is only matched by her enduring strength and confidence. The title of her book is the perfect description of her. She is True Grit and Grace: Turning Tragedy into Triumph. Amberly is a multi-talented entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, TEDx speaker, and was recently featured on The Megyn Kelly TODAY Show, Health Magazine, SHAPE Magazine, Disability Magazine and so many more. Please reach out to Amberly after this episode using any of the links below to thank her for sharing her story, and let her know how it's impacted your perspective on a life or business challenge you've been facing. I can guarantee you that she'll be grateful for the love. Oh, and of course, click any of the share links above to spread the message of this episode and our mission of Unbreakable Success. Have a question or comment about this episode? Call me anytime at (888)348-7298. Resources from Unbreakable Success Podcast Episode 48: AmberlyLago.com Facebook: FB.com/AmberlyLagoMotivationalSpeaker LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/AmberlyLago Instagram: AmberlyLagoMotivation Twitter: @AmberlyLago

How great would it be for you to have a tag-team of brilliant entrepreneurs sharing how to expand your business with strategy and mindfulness? It would be great, and it's exactly what's happening for you today! Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 47 Tati & Gerry Jiménez - How to Expand Your Business with Strategy and Mindfulness. If there's one piece of insight that can make the sometimes messy world of entrepreneurship simpler it's balance. Balance is a great way to describe the collective brilliance of our two guests on this episode of Unbreakable Successs. Tati and Gerry Jiménez are joining you today to share some of their best insights on merging the strategic side of entrepreneurship with the essential element of individual mindfulness. They are the hosts of an amazing podcast call The Mindful Entrepreneur: Business and Life with Purpose and Soul in addition to running their individual businesses. Today get to know their individual and collective journeys toward the success they've achieved. Most of all, you'll discover how you and I can create a business and lifestyle full of consistent achievement, a sense of fulfillment, and a strong and lasting sense of purpose. Speaking of purpose, this amazing sibling duo was kind enough to share a simple yet powerful exercise for helping you connect with your purpose during this season of your business and life. Let's take a look and their brilliant sentence-completion exercise to help you get more clarity about your sense of purpose... I am a _____________ man/woman,  (Insert the 'state of being' that describes how you want to be remembered. For me it was caring and empathetic.) who _____________, (Describe what you do or would like to do. I inserted the "coaches", because that's what I love to do in many forms.) so that _____________. (Describe the impact of the first two parts of your exercise. I said, "so that I can help them improve the quality of their business and life.") When I completed this exercise, my sentence says, "I am a caring and empathetic man, who coaches entrepreneurs so that I can help them improve the quality of their business and life." I absolutely love this amazingly quick and powerful exercise to help us get mindful and gain clarity about our purpose. This is definitely a tool that when completed, should leave you with a sentence that gives you energy. Shoot me an email with your completed exercise at hello@aaronkeithhawkins.com. I'd love to know what you're up to! Of course, in addition to being mindful, your business growth requires setting up the right strategies, systems and performance indicators so you can have a tangible means of maximizing and measuring your progress. It's my honor to call these two amazing individuals my friend, and you're going to gain a lot of insights by joining our conversation today. Please do yourself a favor a visit Tati and Gerry at the links below to get more of their support for your business and life. Have a question or comment about this episode? Call me anytime at (888)348-7298. Resources from Unbreakable Success Podcast Episode 47: MeThriving.com Tati's Business Website: TheGeniusSpot.com Gerry's Business Website: VidaFactor.com

You're about to learn two simple principles to help you confidently share your expertise in today's Q&A episode. Let's expand your business reach... Click to Subscribe on >> iTunes, Stitcher Radio or Tunein. Unbreakable Success Podcast, Episode 46 Q&A: How to Have the Confidence to Share Your Expertise. Full Transcript: All right, welcome, all of you. Thanks for joining me again today! I wanted to jump in real quickly and answer a question that I got and I think is really valid and relevant to most people listening. This came from Jamba, he's a listener of unbreakable success podcast and he says, "How can I get the confidence to share my expertise on videos, podcast, live streams, or even live stages? I know I need to, but I'm terrified of embarrassing myself." Jamba, I've so been there. I've been there and I'm sure all of you listening right now have either been there or know someone who has felt like this. Look, let's face it. None of us want to embarrass ourselves. We want to look good. We want people to respect us and the work we do and when we put ourselves out there on these platforms, it can be daunting, especially if we haven't done it before or we haven't done it much. I'm going to give you my best advice because I'll be honest, even though I've been teaching since the 1990's and I've had to show for the past couple years, there are still days that I feel nerves. It's very common. If there's one thing I did, and I'm going to share two answers to help all of us overcome this issue, but if there's one thing I did, if I had to narrow it down to just a single action that I took that helped me overcome that issue of worrying about embarrassing myself, It was this: I just did it. The number one answer is to do it! If you want to get on podcasts and that terrifies you. Get on podcasts! Get on as many as you can! If you want to do videos for your website, for your coaching service, whatever it is that you want to put out there, the only way you're going to get over that fear -- you're not going to think your way out of it, you have to do it and do it a lot. I promise you, I remember, I remember the first time I recorded a podcast the episode was a solo episode. I wasn't doing interviews for my first show and I wasn't recording it live. It wasn't going out live to people. I was just doing a recording and I was going to have to upload it to the server and put it out on the show, but I was so nervous to even hit the record button even though nobody was going to hear it except me and the dogs because they were, they were hanging around at the time. But guess what I did is I uploaded it and some people heard it and guess what? Nothing bad happened. And that's what's going to happen. And that's why it's so important to do these things because the more you do them, the more you're going to realize nothing bad is actually going to happen. You're going to go on shows, you're going to go on livecasts, you're going to get on some stages, do some podcasts, put some video on your website, and nothing bad will happen! And guess what? On the flip side, something good will probably probably happened because the fact is you'll start connecting with people because you obviously have expertise. Because if you didn't have any good expertise, if you didn't have something of value to offer, you wouldn't feel so compelled to get on these stages and get exposure in the first place. You want this exposure. You want to reach people and do these things because you have something to share that you know can help people and that's the most important thing. So do it Jamba, get on stages, do some live streams, do some video, slap it on your website, do some podcasts. Trust me, I'm sure you're a good person with all that good stuff to share, and there are a ton of shows out there that I'm sure would be happy to have you on. Get on as many as you can and you will be all right I promise you. The second thing,