The Thought Leader Revolution Podcast

"It's not their fault but it's totally their responsibility….Technology is like money: a terrible master but a wonderful servant. Tech is a fascinating and powerful tool for many aspects of life. But navigating modern technological and scientific developments takes principles that help us restrain ourselves from getting carried away. We have to maintain our role as the masters of our own lives rather than giving that power away to AI or the big tech companies that work hard to keep us fixated on their services. That way, our tech will only be another tool to help us clear a path toward the success of our children, families and ourselves. In this episode: How to determine if you're the master or servant of your tech. Tips to protect your children's sovereignty over their own lives. How to fast-track your success. You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky's other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion You can work in person with Nicky and a group of like-minded people in one of the quarterly, three-day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

"God owns my business, I work for Him." Money is something mentioned throughout the bible. The pursuit of money gives us an opportunity to practice god-given principles that guide us toward living a balanced and virtuous life. Many successful entrepreneurs have proven that maintaining integrity and caring for others are just as important as financial literacy. Lorne Jackson has over 30 years in the financial planning business. In the 1980s, he bought a financial planning company with 65 advisors and 10 years later he had recruited over 1400 more. Lorne enjoys financial planning for the people, not the numbers. He has since dedicated his life to bringing faith to people, especially in the business world. In 2002 he started the Canadian National Christian Foundation, creating and simplifying opportunities for people and organizations to donate money in meaningful ways. In the realm of estate planning, Lorne has also created Advisors With Purpose, operating as a charity and bringing free estate planning to people as an act of stewardship. Expert action steps: Do what you say you're going to do. Keep God at the center of your business. Stewardship. A Godly use of time, talent and treasure. Be a steward of your family. Carefully balance your business life with your family; Quality AND quantity. Go to advisorswithpurpose.ca for a free estate plan. To learn more about the Canadian National Christian Foundation, go to CNCF.ca. You can find Lorne's book, After The Faith Decision - All Else Is Stewardship, on Amazon. You can work in person with Nicky and a group of like-minded people in one of the quarterly, three-day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

"Is it possible for us to use technology to create an authentic, real and fulfilling online connection for humanity?" Yes. But only if we embrace the truth that it's people that make the technology and use it to uplift humanity, and not technology that is intrinsically valuable in and of itself." Tech has become a powerful tool to connect with others. That should only be a good thing as long as human connection is the priority. But as our relationship with tech grows, we're filtering more and more of the human experience through the digital world. Also in this episode: Charles Ashworth's article Are We Losing The Human Connection. The Dr. Seuss book, Oh, The Places You'll Go! You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky's other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion You can work in person with Nicky and a group of like-minded people in one of the quarterly, three-day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

Ryan Lewis was born in to a family of business people and he caught on at an early age. His real success started in his teens helping his uncle run a sports memorabilia business, holding autograph signing events with sports legend names like Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, Pat Borders, Johnny Bower, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe etc… The business has been growing ever since and has been known as Autograph Authentic since 2001. They are the makers of Career Jerseys; jerseys that have player stats printed on the back, and the popular Charity Easel Silent Auction Program seen in many department and grocery stores. McDonald's restaurants and Best Buy are examples of businesses who deal with Autograph Authentic. Expert action steps: "Later" and "tomorrow"... get rid of these concepts. Act now and push. In business, look at money as points in a video game to avoid the psychological fear factor that can complicate your approach to business. Be nice, honest and treat all clients and customers as equals. Go to Autographauthentic.com or careerjearseys.com and use the code NICKY50 for 50% off. To learn more about the Charity Easel Silent Auction Program, go to https://www.careerjerseys.com/pages/charity-easel. You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. Send any questions, comments and feedback to info@ecircle.ca. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion

"Technology should be enhancing our connection others, not replacing it." Personal resilience and the resilience of a community comes from the power of connection. Everything improves from the individual's physical and mental wellbeing to the community's ability to grow and respond to changes. Human connection has always been ingrained with survival so naturally the same principle applies to the growth and resilience of your business. Today we hear chapter three from the book Nicky co-authored with Kai Bjorn called The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks. In this episode: Being connected is critical for you to be able to increase your profits. Trusting, cooperative relationships make businesses grow and thrive. Ideas that can help generate tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars for your business. You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky's other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion Send any questions, comments and feedback to info@ecircle.ca. You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

"You never know how far you can go, until you risk going too far." - T.S. Elliot Comfort has its place in our lives but it's best if you take it as it comes, rather than get carried away in the pursuit of it. Stepping out of your comfort zone and committing to hard work is what brings results and comfort is the least of the rewards. You need courage and willpower and when you're truly stepping out of your comfort zone you need a coach to help you break through your fears, doubts and other psychological barriers. Raymond Aaron has taken on many challenges in his life and proven these secrets to himself several times over. But perhaps the biggest challenge he's ever faced was the death defying foot race from Resolute Bay, Nunavut to the North Pole. From the two years of training before the race (with physical trainer Nicky Billou!), to facing the extremes of the arctic for one month, Raymond discovered that he sets his own limits and that great power comes when you believe in the version of yourself beyond fear and doubt. The physical gives way to the spiritual, and magic starts to happen. Expert action steps: Start by taking yourself out of your comfort zone just a little by changing your routine in some small. Read the book that Raymond and Nicky will be co-authoring. Get out of your ego's comfort zone by doing the first thing that comes to your mind. Something that you know you should do but scares you. Like apologizing to someone you've hurt, or taking yourself more seriously. Raymond applies these same philosophies to business and has achieved great success. He is a top international speaker and author and offers many teaching and coaching programs. You can learn more at aaron.com. Also mentioned: Ernest Shackleton Jan Meek. Reach out to Nicky if you'd like to network with some like-minded people at a Freedom Lunch/Dinner and to stay up to date with other upcoming live events. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

This story is about what it means to be an entrepreneur; a heart leader who cares about people a goes out of their way to find solutions for others. In this episode: Take connecting with people seriously. Find out what help they need and how they can help others. How to empower yourself and feel in control through positive input. Stop focussing on the hyped up fears out there. Reach out to help others feel safe and find solutions for them. Your clients need your help. All businesses exist to solve problems. You can find Nicky's books at the links below: The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network Also in this episode : Ivan Misner's philosophy of Givers Gain. You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

With the right strategy, any business, even businesses that are already successful and running themselves can be pushed to grow. It takes a lot of hard work and a fresh perspective on the value of the product and where and how it can reach more people. During his time as president and CEO of G4S Canada, today's guest changed the thinking of the company resulting in a 63% growth rate over 6 years. Jean Taillon already knew in his teens that he wanted to run a company and he found success in the tech industry working for Nortel in his early twenties. By his late twenties he was developing products to compete with telecommunications giant, Bell, and was later hired by Bell to find solutions for their under served market. Jean is currently the Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President of Trispec Communications Inc. Expert action steps: You've got to be able to step back and see the bigger picture of your business. Learn how to get your brand out there, how to get recognized and how to get people to know who you are. Differentiate yourself and connect with like-minded people. Don't do it alone. Sell to people, sell with people and sell through people. Find partners who compliment your product and vice versa. You can send Jean an email at jean.taillon@uppercarlisle.com and you can find him on LinkedIn. Reach out to Nicky if you'd like to network with some like-minded people at a Freedom Lunch/Dinner and to stay up to date with other upcoming live events. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.

"What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time there is the same problem; 'Do I dare'. And then if you dare the dangers are there and the help also, and the fulfilment or the fiasco. There's always the possibility of fiasco, but there's also the possibility of bliss." - Joseph Campbell There are four key stages to the journey of becoming a six to seven figure a year the thought leader. Find out what stage you're at and what you need to do to level-up. In this episode: Discover your true expertise and how to charge for it. Avoid the imposter syndrome. Time based pricing vs value based pricing. You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. Check out Nicky's books, Finish Line Thinking: How To think And Win Like A Champion and The Thought Leader's Journey.

Today's guest knows the value of stepping up to life's challenges. After years of struggling to make ends meet and find success, he booked a success call with your very own Nicky Billou and it was indeed a success call. A path opened up to a world of thought leadership and all I had to do was think big. That's right, today's guest is yours truly, the editor and producer of this podcast. Expert action steps: Have a vision. Know your destination and do the inner work needed so that you believe you can get there. Personal development. Look at the ways you're not showing up in the world and do something about it. Find your mentor and find your principles. Networking. Build meaningful relationships. Get out and find the people who need the solutions you're offering. If you're interested in audio and video podcasting or you're a filmmaker in need of anything sound related, you can contact me at cr.audio@icloud.com. Reach out to Nicky if you'd like to network with some like-minded people at a Freedom Lunch/Dinner and to stay up to date with other upcoming live events. Also mentioned: T. Harv Eker - Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth Falun Dafa - A cultivation practice based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and forbearance. Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level.