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✅ Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode on How To Build Your Online Platform for your home business: ➡️ What is an online platform? … internet technology for the design and development of teaching and learning purposes ~ igi-global.com … an online marketplace that places one party in touch with another, such as buyers and sellers. Examples are eBay, Craigslist, Amazon ~ pcmag.com ➡️ Why do you need a platform? You are in business to transact some form of sale To get your content into the marketplace To communicate with your audience Places you in touch with your audience Your place of business ➡️ When do you need a platform? As soon as possible When you open the door for business you should have a platform ➡️ Where should you build a platform? On your land or someone else’s Rented land or Purchased land ➡️ How do you build a platform? Purchase your land … get your URL - the name of your business. I suggest you purchase through the link I’ve provided. It’s an affiliate link for Bluehost. www.bluehost.com/track/kingsleygrant/ Wordpress is my choice of platform. There are others out there such as Squarespace, Weebly, Wix ✅ Your Turn: Get your own copy of this 7-page Cheat Sheet in PDF format that will give you more of an expanded view of what was discussed in this episode. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet

✅ Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode on How to know your "why" before you start your online business from home ➡️ Why You?   Before you know your "why" you need to be clear on why you   Confident you can serve your audience Your expertise Your experience You’ve done it Courage to serve them Passionately without compromise In the face of negative feedback Without diluting your message Commitment to continuing even when Self-doubt Imposter syndrome feeling The numbers are not yet adding up ➡️ What drives you? Why do you want to get into the game? The benefits The desire to help other people Wanting to make an impact Something irritates/upsets/angers you that you want to change or at least make a difference ➡️ Why are you the person to serve them? Why should they listen to you? Because you have: had a similar problem solved created a solution for those with similar problems and have tested it out the social proof - the testimonials - to back it up Found a unique and better way to solve your audience’s problem ✅ Your Turn: Get your own copy of this 7-page Cheat Sheet in PDF format that will give you more of an expanded view of what was discussed in this episode. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet

Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode on How To Decide What Product and Services To Offer Your Target Audience: ✅ How will you serve them? You'll base this on their needs or problems, what they’re trying to achieve, how they can be successful Through products, services, and free content As a coach or consultant Podcast, like this one, books, ebooks, videos, courses Listening to them through getting feedback ✅ Past Episodes referenced: ➡️ Ep. 059: 7 Simple Steps To Start A Business Online From Home ➡️ Ep. 060: 8 Simple Steps To Select Your Business Idea ✅ Ep. 061: How To Decide Who Your Online Business From Home Is For   ✅ Your Turn:    Get your FREE copy of the Simple 7-Steps Process of Starting a business online from home. Click this link and it's yours. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet

✅ In this episode, you'll discover How To Decide Who Your Online Business From Home Is For Here's a summary of the show ➡️ Who is it (a person or group) that you want to serve? (The P&G story about their swifter mop) The most important of the following is the first point in that your business is only a business if you are making money. You need to know who pays the "bills."  Must be one who makes or influences the buying decisions Someone who is more or less a previous version of yourself having similar challenges that you had back then ✅ Your Turn: Get your FREE copy of the "7 Simple Steps To Start A Business Online From Home" Cheat Sheet in PDF format that will give you more of an expanded view of what was discussed in this episode. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet

Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode on how to select your business idea: ✅ How To Select A (singular) Business Idea ➡️ Last episode #059 we talked about 7 steps to start a business online from home ➡️ Why would you need to select one idea? It will be quite challenging doing them all at the same time. You'll learn things along the way that will become invaluable at a later time. It's something to be known for. You don't want to have people confused as to what it is you do or worse yet, unable to remember. ✅ 8 Steps to selecting your business idea ➡️ Step 1: Mindset Reset ... See the value of doing so. You must overcome the objections and sell yourself on this idea. ➡️ Step 2: On a sheet of paper or if you want to do it electronically using a text file, make 3 columns First Column is entitled "List of Ideas" Second Column is entitled "Top 3 Choices" The third Column is entitled, "Top Business Idea" ➡️ Step 3: Write down up to 6 ideas that you have thought about. Number them from 1 to 6 ➡️ Step 4: Elimination process Compare #1 against #2 and decide which you would choose if you were forced to do so The one that emerged the winner, is now compared against #3. Again the winner continues Compare the winner against #4 and do the same for 5 and 6. The one that came out on top becomes #1 Repeat this process starting with #2 until one "winner" emerges Do it one more time to start this time with #3 until one last "winner" emerges. ➡️ Step 5: Move the top 3 ideas to the second column ➡️ Step 6: Repeat the elimination process.  ➡️ Step 7: Move the top idea to the "Winner's circle" ➡️ Step 8: Get to work on that idea   ✅ Your Turn:    Get this cheat sheet of the Simple 7-Steps Process of Starting a business online from home. Click this link and it's yours. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet Link to show: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/060 ======================================

✅ Summary: 7 Simple Steps To Start A Business Online From Home ➡️ 1. Identify Your Business Idea ➡️ 2. Identify the pain/problem you're solving ➡️ 3. Know the Who, What & Why ➡️ 4. Build Your Home Base/Platform ➡️ 5. Get Traffic To Your Platform ➡️ 6. Sell Without Feeling Sleazy ➡️ 7. Go Deeper ✅ Your Turn: Get your own copy of this 7-page PDF Cheat Sheet that will give you more of an expanded view of what was discussed in this episode. Startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/CheatSheet Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/059

✅ Ep. 058: How To Protect Your Time and Become More Productive in Your Work with Alex Marquez and Kingsley Grant Here’s a summary of the conversation between Alex Marquez and Kingsley Grant. ➡️ How do you define legacy and what legacy do you want to leave behind? Legacy is the ability to achieve greatness and has major accomplishments. It is raising my kids to be intelligent people and to pursue what it is they want to do. It is passing on to my children my ideologies and philosophies in life. ➡️ How did you arrive at this definition. Was it handed down to you? I’ve always loved philosophy; challenging my thoughts and ideas. I see knowledge as a bucket that can never be filled enough. The more you use it up the more you can put in there. ➡️ Tell us a little about your entrepreneurial journey   I started out as a child, selling rocks to my friends in school. Once I figured it out and saw the results, I was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. Along with my brother, we were able to open a burger shop. We eventually were able to add family members to the team. From this point, it was evident that having a business was the thing to do. Migrated to the USA with $300 in my pocket, the clothes I packed in my car, and unemployed. Knowing that family members were there who could help me if the worst thing happened, it made it easier. We have a close-knit family. Worked several jobs along the way to make ends meet. Even though family stood ready to help, I wasn’t going to depend on it. I was going to figure it out. As I kept moving forward, things began to fall into place. I was determined to do something for myself. It all led to where I am today.   Today, Alex’s company: Offer brokerage transportation for large equipment/freight Operates as a logistics contractor/consultant to do the work, saving businesses money Pros of doing business from home time to spend with his young child, while his wife works outside the home save dollars in not having to pay daycare for child Cons of doing business from home won’t work as hard because he’s on his own time keeping your eyes on the prize Setting boundaries: when the door is closed it means “I’m at work!” communicate to everyone what is going on Connect with Alex Marquez - www.2MLogistics.com For more ... www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/058 

✅ Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this coaching/feedback episode:   Breaking down the project into smaller tasks Doing a time analysis Getting clarity on the business idea   Christopher Hayles’ entry on Facebook contained the following: “Ok gents, I'm at a loss. 3 kids 5-16, work full time for a consultancy company that works closely with Microsoft. We do cloud migrations, automation, data science and business intelligence. Lots of highly sought after stuff. Obviously, this is pretty well paid.” … I'm not wasting a bunch of time. I rarely watch tv, I play soccer once a week, I time limit my social media, I don't get enough sleep as it is. I'm just kinda stuck. Question: How have you managed to break away from the routine to build something on the side? Is it necessary to let some of the other plates drop, temporarily? DILEMMA ➡️ I've long wanted to break out on my own, but somehow seems there's no time whatsoever to work on any personal projects that could eventually turn into a business. First: Choose a project - singular - that ties in with your business Second: Break down the project into small tasks Third: Work on one little task at a time maybe one each day or week When the project is looked at as a whole, it appears as one gigantic mountain; impossible to scale When it is broken down and given its own focus, the size shrinks DILEMMA ➡️ Usually there's barely enough time to take care of myself after taking care of everyone else and my full-time job. First: Do a time analysis by putting it all down on paper Second: Track your time over a 2-week period and see how you are spending your time. Be brutally honest Third: Look over the data and see what is there that was a time-waster or can be removed DILEMMA ➡️ I also have a hard time justifying (to myself) diverting funds to any of my pet projects. First: It is understandable if you are diverting funds to a pet project. This makes it sound like an expensive hobby Second: Be clear on what it is you are pursuing: is it a hobby or a business? Third: If it is a business, then see it as investing funds, rather than diverting funds ✅ Now Your Turn Go to legacybuildingdads.com, you can request entry into the group, where you’ll answer a couple of questions and if you meet criteria, you’ll be given access to this high achievers group. Blog post Article: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/057

✅ In this episode, you'll discover how How Residual Income, Passive Income, or Linear Income Determines Your Business Success Here's a Summary of the topics discussed: ➡️ Legacy A legacy business is one that can be passed onto future generations. It is something that impacts children/family now. Modeling for children so they too can do the same. Our recent family 7-month road trip is one of the ways of building a legacy ➡️ Out of the box thinking: Having gone to school and achieved graduate level diplomas but then realized he was not wired that way. Reading Robert Kawasaki's book: “Why A Students Work for C Students” was a paradigm shifter. Being unemployable Always thinking things could be done another way ➡️ Managing fear or nervousness when starting a business being nervous is normal to big decision making moments. if you don’t experience some form of nervousness, the decision may not be big enough or may not matter that much.   ➡️ 3 major forms of income: Linear income - you go to work, you get money; trading time for money Passive income - continuously doing a lot of little things but getting paid over and over again. Residual income - If you work a whole lot of residual income; it requires a system. Without a system, it will die out. There’s a sweet spot in life where we can begin to build residual income. It is at the intersection of financial literacy and entrepreneurship. This is where things start changing. ➡️ On 9-5 work: Your job gives you just enough money to live but not enough money to be comfortable. The 9-5 world is not the place to be if you want to have true financial freedom. ➡️ On making the transition understand where you are going and what you are doing for a side hustle to be truly a legacy, you have to develop a system find a mentor that can help you in the business … develop a system and help you with personal growth there’s a lot of personal growth that needs to happen. ➡️ On working from home have systems in place that everyone understands it’s important to have a supportive wife “when you start to make money and take care of the family, your spouse will jump on real soon. A happy wife a happy life.” ➡️ Getting Spouse on board As men, we don’t communicate very well. We are called to dwell with us according to knowledge. Not push things on them. Help them with our goal, vision and why do we want to do this...we get it and sometimes they don’t Walk through your “why” focusing mostly on how they’ll benefit such as in spending more time with family. ✅ Contact Jason Kokenzie: www.themasterace.com Final Thoughts: Business is not for everybody and If it sounds too good to be true, search it out because you’ll never know what you may find. Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/056

Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode: ✅ Ep. 055: How To Know You’re On The Right Course In Pursuing Your Online Business Some people quit too soon because of these 4 experiences. "97% of the people who quit too soon are employed by the 3% that never gave up." - Anonymous Why do people give up? 4 Reasons why: ➡️ Reason #1: Experiencing Delay ➡️ Reason #2: Experiencing Difficulties ➡️ Reason #3: Experiencing  Dead ends "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it." - Anonymous ➡️ Reason #4: Experiencing Detours These 4 reasons do not mean that you are not on the right course. They could simply be a sign that you are moving towards your goals and these are simply indicators of such; or reminders. ✅ Now Your Turn Redouble your efforts to pursue your dream and let me know which of these reasons stood out to you the most. Remember: "Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs." - Farrah Gray Email me at podcast@mybizfromhome.com and let me know what it is you did or if you need my help. Join the Facebook group and share your thoughts with us Links:  www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/055

✅ In this Episode, you will discover How To Know When It's Time To Pursue your Dream And Start Your Business Online One of the key places to start is knowing why you need to do it.  ➡️ Why even think about this especially now? Most if not every little thing about your current job begins to irritate you Feedback from your body/health/family No longer feeling it New discovery along the way that’s more interesting To serve a broader vision To rebrand as you gain clarity ➡️ When should you be thinking about this? When you recognize a significant change is needed for progress When you no longer are excited as you once were When the market is demanding more of your new idea When you have done some testing and see where another idea has more juice ➡️ How should you go about doing so? Getting input from reliable sources Researching to make sure you have the resources etc to undertake the new direction you are headed Use your current context as the basis to step into the next phase Broadcasting (letting the masses know) … promotions, building a buzz … Email's Social Media Phone calls ➡️ Your Turn Write down what it is you are currently feeling and find one person who you can share your ideas/thoughts with. If you are married, let it be your wife. Email me at podcast@mybizfromhome.com and let me know what it is you did or if you need my help. Join the Facebook group and share your thoughts with us Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/054

✅ Here's a summary of what was discussed with my Guest - Sean Tibbetts - in this episode on How To Create Systems And Make More Money In Your Business. ➡️ Define legacy ... ... doing what you do to benefit other people ➡️ On taking risks ... ... take the first step ➡️ Having a reason to keep moving forward ➡️ Remembering why you started your business ➡️ Get your spouse's support by writing down your vision along with a business plan taking your business seriously ➡️ As an Entrepreneur, you should be mindful of: you are always 3 steps ahead of everyone else clear communication ➡️ Pros & Cons of doing business from home Pros: getting to spend more time with the family Cons: Family interruption but setting up guidelines/rules ➡️ Shifting from an employee to an owner mindset get outside help read books ➡️ On handling failure Identifying what caused you to fail Make changes Last Minute Advice: Take all your skills and experience to serve others and make a difference in the world. Don’t let analysis paralysis get in the way … Just start Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/053

Summary of How To Find Your Why And Succeed In Your Online Business From Home.   "He who has a why to live can bear almost any how." - Friedrich Nietzsche   Popular author and speaker - Simon Sinek - who wrote a book called “Start with Why!” says, “Knowing your WHY is not the only way to be successful, but it is the only way to maintain a lasting success ..." and “People don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it.”   It’s clear that having a WHY is essential to your success especially as you consider starting a business online from home and even one that’s offline.   Every person can find their "why" in life by asking these 3 questions:  How do I want to be remembered? What legacy do I want to leave for my children? What work excites me? When you are able to identify your why the world becomes your playground.   You might need help finding your "why" and I want to help you with that. I would like to coach you through this process.    ✅Your Turn Join the Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/legacybuildingdads) and share your thoughts with us OR Email me at Podcast@mybizfromhome.com

✅ Here's the summary of the 3 Reasons Changing Your Current Circle of Relationships May Hold the Key To Your Successful Online Business   ✅ Here are 6 questions to answer prior to the reasons. Are you the smartest person in your group? Do everyone look to you to have the answers/solutions? Are there any risk-takers in the group? Not crazy risk takers! Does anyone in the group other than yourself have a desire to leave a legacy as you do? When you get together, what tends to be the nature of your conversation? Is anyone in the group making crazy money - say 6 or 7 figures? Are there others who drop value bombs on topics that interest you. - online business topics, books they've read or is reading, something new they've learned recently?   These questions are simply to get you thinking and/or open your eyes to how this relationship is serving you.   ➡️ Reason #1: Your current circle cannot take you higher than where you are right now   ➡️ Reason #2: They might secretly not want you to succeed in your dream    ➡️ Reason #3: You will die with your legacy locked away inside of you   ✅Your Turn Join the Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/startabusinessonlinefromhome.com) and share your thoughts with us OR Email me at Podcast@mybizfromhome.com

Here’s a summary of what was discussed in this episode: ✅ Legacy, what is it ➡️ Branding: What is it? A Brand is: more than a logo. It is the gut feeling that people get when they see your product, service or organization. a promise that you are making in every transaction that you do. a collection of attributes. It is a definition of discipline. ➡️ Some strategies for brand marketing: Take your draft product to a designer to have them provide a good artistic illustration of what that product does Put together videos to show the behind the scenes process Bring in professionals and get testimonials ➡️ How does a person who is just getting started to develop a brand strategy? Do your research before you spend a dime Look for your potential competitors Get a business plan (Google Business plan template). Use it as a guide Get your proof of concept (make sure you can make money with your business idea). Make proof of concept a higher priority than any of the other requirements needed for your online business. Pursue brand marketing ➡️ How do you help people get past the mindset that holds them back. Prepare yourself for the business you are pursuing Commit yourself to the process; the long haul Have a strong "why", which will keep you going during a challenging time ➡️ Pros & Cons doing business from home Pros: your office is 5 to 10 feet away from your bedroom you are with your family be available to pick up your kids after school Cons: your office if 5 - 10 feet from your bedroom so you work a lot of hours especially at first interruptions can be regular unless you’ve trained your family well ➡️ How to market your business: social media referrals networking events Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/050

In this episode, the following points were discussed in a more expansive way. ✅ Today’s show is focusing on one of the common feelings many dads have as they seek to work through the burdensome desire of becoming a better dad and to eventually control their financial destiny.  ➡️ It’s lonely at the top  ➡️ It’s only a feeling and not a reality ➡️ It's possible to change those feelings ✅ Link: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/049

✅ Here’s a summary of The Quickest Way To Solve Your Financial Problems as discussed in this episode: ➡️ The objections  #1: There are scores of people who solved their financial problems and didn't do it online or from home #2: It may create more financial problems  Response #1: We're living in a different world Response #2: We have access to the world like no other time in history Response #3: The cost of starting a business online is inexpensive  ➡️ What you'll need to get started ➡️ Set up your Platform ➡️ The Good News about this suggestion ✅ Your Turn Join the new Facebook group - Facebook.com/groups/enterpreneurialdad and share your thoughts with us OR Email host at Podcast@mybizfromhome.com

✅ Here’s a summary of the 5 Reasons that were discussed in this episode: ➡️ Reason #1: You no longer have a passion for what you’re doing ➡️ Reason #2: You don’t see a financially secure future ➡️ Reason #3: Your income is simply not enough ➡️ Reason #4: You desire freedom and flexibility in your life ➡️ Reason #5: You want to minimize regrets Bronnie Ware - a Palliative nurse wrote a book about the top "5 regrets of the dying" I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. I wish I hadn’t worked so hard. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. I wish that I had let myself be happier. What dream do you have that you’ve not yet even begun to realize or do something about? If you don’t you’ll regret. ✅ Your Turn Join the Facebook group - Facebook.com/groups/enterpreneurialdad and share your thoughts with us OR Email me at Podcast@mybizfromhome.com ✅ Links mentioned: www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/047

5 Ways To Turn Feelings Of Envy Into Fuel To Start A Business Online From Home  ✅ Definition of Envy: a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's possessions, qualities, or luck. ✅ Definition of Jealousy: feeling resentment because of another's success, advantage, etc. What is Envy?  An emotion like the countless number of emotions that we all have Like any other emotion, it needs to be brought into check because of it’s potential to erupt into something uncontrollable. Cain killed Able out of envy. A gauge that informs you that there’s something out of alignment within you ➡️ Why do we have these feelings of Envy? Welcome to being human Part of our competitive nature  Listen to episode 43 - Comparison Trap Listen to episode 45 - Feelings of failure Feelings of dis-content - Ep. 44 External and internal pressures The success construct provided by society ➡️ When do we have these feelings of Envy? The older we get as discussed in Ep. 45 When we are struggling financially  When we are struggling relationally When the bills are piling up When we can't take time off as we would like When we can't take the vacation we see our peers taken ➡️ How to overcome these feelings of Envy Start doing something that would change the trajectory of your life Find a takeaway from what you are envious about and see how you can implement something similar in your own life Be encouraged that it's possible to do what others are doing  Practice gratitude Invest in a coach to help you sort through the how Now What: Join the Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/entrepreneurialday) and share your thoughts with us OR Email me at Podcast@mybizfromhome.com

In this episode, you will discover how to turn feelings of failure into an opportunity to start a business online from home. Here's a summary of what was discussed: ✅ GOOD NEWS: Feelings of failure is common to all who aspire for more You're in good company You're in the game You've kept it as an emotion and not a fact ➡️ Why do we have these feelings? Comparison - episode 043 (The comparison Trap) Dissatisfaction - episode 044 (Dissatisfaction in life) Pressure on ourselves Feeling we should be further ahead than where we currently are financially Feeling we should be providing more for our families Our future looks bleak when it comes to our financial security ➡️ When do we normally feel this way As we age Our kids are getting older Our bank account balance When our immediate family needs our help financially and we can't adequately meet their needs When we see our wife working as hard or even harder than we are and some of the reason is that of our mishandling of money or unwise purchases. ➡️ What can we do about it We could become depressed We could blame everyone around us and play the victim We could stick our head in the sand and play the denial game, which we will eventually lose. NO one wins this game. Or We could decide to do something about it and start a business online from home Take some courses that teach us how to make some money on the side Take on another job Join a mastermind group Hire a coach At the bare minimum, join my FB group: Facebook.com/groups/entrepreneurialdad ✅ More GOOD NEWS! You no longer have to bear this feeling alone or at all. I too felt that way until I found out how to create my own opportunity to make additional income on the side and I want to help you do the same.   ✅ Links mentioned: ➡️ KINGSLEY GRANT (SPONSOR) https://www.kingsleygrant.com ➡️ THE COMPARISION TRAP EPISODE --> www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/043 ➡️ DISSATISFACTION IN LIFE EPISODE --> www.startabusinessonlinefromhome.com/044 ✅ CTA Join my new Facebook group - Facebook.com/groups/enterpreneurialdad Youtube Leadership Video: https://youtu.be/DFUJ6bV04RQ