The Journey with Jordan Paris

Jess Larsen, the chairman at Graystoke Investments and host of the Innovation and Leadership podcast, has a fascinating chat about lessons learned from nearly 200 interviews. They critique higher education's flaws and explore futuristic healthcare innovations. Jess shares insights from influential guests like Derek Sivers on retirement and originality while emphasizing the impact of relationships formed through interviews. The conversation also highlights the importance of critical thinking and personal interactions in fostering creativity.

Kevin David (@KevinDavid) is a 7-figure entrepreneur and an e-commerce coach to thousands of students who left their 9-5 jobs behind them. He has over one million subscribers on YouTube.Visit Kevin at https://officialkevindavid.com/.

This conversation with Shanda Sumpter changed my life.For the first half of the episode, she teaches us how to grow a business to 10-figures (which, of course, she has done with. See Heartcore Business.The rest of the episode, she teaches us how to buy and sell a home using none of your own money.It was so powerful because it was so actionable, so I had to go back and listen and write down a bunch of notes. There was so much gold I couldn’t keep type fast enough! I would be furiosuly typing away while the audio played, then Shanda would say something else that I wanted to write down and I’d have to pause. It was crazy. See all my takeaways below in the form of scattered and abbreviated notes:How to grow your business to 10-figuresEmpower the right leaders within the company to run different platforms and departments. “Who is the person I need to hire for that?” Shift to being about leadership.Use Indeed and write ads to the exact person you want to hire. “This is where we want to go.” Share the vision. Articulate it and you will attract good people…Shanda’s pitch: If you’re addicted to your phone, a workaholic, obsessed with results, and constantly studying your craft. You forgot that you hit your goal because you already are working on the next. If that’s you, keep reading. If not, stop because you will hate this job.Pay higher on the back end. Incentive ambitious people. You get paid every month for 12 months on one sale.Sales trainer paid 2% override and for every hire that stays 90 days.Increase the price point. Package it with how to build email list, business around it, etc. (regarding my business, Trend Up Media)Incentivize people to pay in full because you can invest that upfront cash in new hires and bigger reach.Hire a sales manager/trainer to hire and train salespeople. 8-10 sales per salesperson per month minimum. Now I focus on lead gen, marketing, fulfillment/operationThe sales department puts pressure on the marketing department to deliver which then becomes an accountability game for me as an entrepreneur to grow my company.A sales director that wants to make money that grows the team to X number of people… How do I create the leads for them that are qualified? Reinvent the packages to grow this much bigger.Quote from Shanda: “People who are saying nobody’s buying right now don’t know how to take a prospect and shape them into a customer. Anyone who knows how to do that knows right now is a great time to be online.”How to generate life-changing wealth during a down economyPay yourself first – $X per month automatically deposited into a savings account to buy things with.Think outside the box – Buy properties using none of your own money. Reach out to homeowners and say, “I’ll take over the monthly payment and in two years I’ll have this house off your hands or you can have it back.” Wealth transfers.Quote from Shanda: “People are trying to work their way to millions and that is ignorance. That is an employee mindset. You don’t work yourself to millions; You leverage yourself to make millions.”Google “lease option”. It’s rent to own.If you’re going to rent it, you might as well rent to own it.Promissory note – A signed document containing a written promise to pay a stated sum to a specified person or the bearer at a specified date or on demand.Have to be making offers on a regular basis.Quote from Shanda: “If you are comfortable, you are in a very dangerous position.”Quote from Shanda: “If you think you’re just going to work for the rest of your life and you are going to make millions and every year is going to be amazing, you are sadly mistaken.”Quote from Shanda: “If you grow at the level you make money, you are making a mistake. You don’t want to die with an 800 credit score. That’s dumb. You want to use your credit to get access to cash to put money down on marketing campaigns that are working.”Say, “I buy homes cash. I will take over your house payment.” Put signs out at busy intersections.Call and make offers. Ask:How much money do you owe on it?How much equity is in the house?Then…Tie up the home.Sell the home to an investor.Take a finder’s fee on the property.Control the property.Google local investment groups.Bird-dogging deals.Bird dog fees.You want to be so well grounded on how to create cash so you never have money be your boss. You have to master money for your life. You can’t ever stop at your capacity for time or money.Start tracking your time by the hour.Do you start with a plan at the beginning of the day? Do you know what you are going to produce every hour? What am I going to produce this hour? Did I do it? Yes or no?Google these:“What is a bird dog in real estate?”“How do you find real estate investors?”“Real estate investment groups”Don’t be afraid to do other countries. Buy in the UK because your money is worth more.Ask real estate investment groups, “What are you educating your group on? I want to know in case I come across any deals you guys might want.”They say, “We like pre-construction real estate”Go to developers. Say “my buyers want this deal. They want 30% discount on the property. They want this, that, the other thing. Can you create this deal?”They create the deal.I bring it back to the investment group and say, “Do you want this deal? My developer said he would do this.”They say yes. The deal is brokered together and I take a finder’s fee on it.Questions? Reach out to Shanda on Instagram. She’ll respond.Shanda Sumpter bio:Shanda Sumpter is the Queen Visionary of HeartCore Business – a training company on the brink of hitting eight figures designed to give entrepreneurs the powerful systems they can use to share their gift and use those gifts to create profitable, sustainable businesses.Today, Shanda is a dynamic speaker, trainer, and business coach, as well as a bestselling author and owner of a multi-million-dollar business and a wife and mom with plenty of time for family, self-development, hobbies, and rest. She lives in a beautiful house on the ocean, and loves her life!It’s Shanda’s mission to give entrepreneurs the step-by-step systems they need to launch and grow their businesses – and transform their financial lives and the world.She’s experienced her own journey from struggle to triumph: there was a time when she had only $500 to her name and was facing the prospect of moving back home to her parents’ house in Canada.She knew then that it was time to make a change. So she hired a mentor.. and that became the catalyst for a domino effect of miracles that set the stage for HeartCore Business and its evolution into a multi-million-dollar company.Visit Shanda at https://www.heartcorebusiness.com/.

I've been following Brian Dean since my freshman year of college when I created my first website and needed help gaining some visibility. Brian (@Backlinko) has been called an "SEO genius" by Entrepreneur.com and a "brilliant entrepreneur" by Inc Magazine. Brian's award-winning blog, Backlinko.com, was listed by Forbes as a top "blog to follow" in 2017.Success Magazine has referred to Brian as "the world’s foremost expert on search engine optimization" due to the influence of his blog, which reaches over 2.5 million people every year. Connect with Brian on LinkedIn, Twitter, and his blog Backlinko.com.

Walter Cruttenden is a financial markets innovator, an active founder investor in growth companies that serve a social need - and passionate about history and astronomy.Currently, Walter serves as Chairman of Acorns, a micro-investing company, which he co-founded with his son, Jeff Cruttenden, Jason Martell, and Mark Dru. Acorns is an app that enables people to save and invest in incredibly small increments, with high frequency, requiring little or no conscious effort. Walter also serves as CEO of Blast, a gamification company operating at the nexus of the Fintech and Game industries. Blast’s app features a new game dynamic that improves the financial outcome for both gamers and game companies alike.In his early career, Cruttenden founded and served as CEO of two well-known investment banking and brokerage firms; Cruttenden Roth (now Roth Capital, active underwriters of emerging growth companies), and E*Offering, formerly the iBank arm of E*Trade Securities (since merged). As CEO, Walter led both companies through rapid growth and significant liquidity events. Walter also co-founded SRS Laboratories (since acquired by DTS), after buying the acoustic technology from Hughes, and developing it into an independent company. Cruttenden also founded one of the largest growth stock conferences in the US, now the Roth Conference.When he is not engaged in Fintech, Walter acts as the Director of the Binary Research Institute in Newport Beach, California, which researches the cause and consequences of solar system motion.  
As part of his cosmological work Walter authored the book Lost Star of Myth and Time, the award-winning documentary film, The Great Year (narrated by James Earl Jones) and the children’s book, The Great Year Adventures: with Tommy the Time-Traveling Turtle.Follow Walter on LinkedIn.Visit Acorns.Visit Blast.

Dean Graziosi (@DeanGraziosi) is a multiple New York Times best selling author, entrepreneur, and investor. He has started or has been involved in 13+ companies that have resulted in over 1 billion dollars in revenue.For over 20 years Dean has been dedicated to delivering self-education to those seeking transformation and success outside the normal path of traditional education. Recently, he and Tony Robbins launched the Knowledge Business Blueprint, with the goal of making self-education viable for millions.Join Tony Robbins & Dean Graziosi as they pull back the curtain and reveal the “One thing” that has allowed them to create massive success in up & down markets and how you could use this same model to create next-level success & impact during these uncertain times: http://DeansTraining.com/.Get a hardcover copy of Millionaire Success Habits for free: http://DeansFreeBook.com/.This episode is brought to you by https://TrendUp.Media.

John Bates is a Leadership Communication Expert.Based in human evolutionary biology & neurophysiology, John's principles of leadership, communication, and influence show you not only what works, but WHY it works, making them easy to apply to your unique style so you can be even more effective at everything you do that involves communicating with human beings.John trains and coaches forward-thinking leaders at global organizations like Johnson & Johnson, NASA - including all of the active astronauts, Accenture, Boston Scientific, and more. John is also one of the most prolific TED-format trainers in the world, bringing powerful executive presence, storytelling, influence and Jedi-like persuasion skills to top teams, world leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, and those on the light side of the Force who want to have a lasting, memorable impact and effortlessly influence those around them.John's first book, Your Amazing Itty Bitty Guide to Being TED-Worthy: 15 Essential Secrets of Successful Speaking Based in Human Neurobiology was a #1 bestseller and continues to garner 5-star reviews.Visit John at https://executivespeakingsuccess.com/This episode is sponsored by https://trendup.media/

Mark Manson is back!Mark Manson (@MarkManson) is the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope and The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, the mega-bestseller that reached #1 in fourteen different countries. Mark’s books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold over 12 million copies worldwide. Mark runs one of the largest personal growth websites in the world, MarkManson.net, a blog with more than two million monthly readers and half a million subscribers, making him one of the largest and most successful independent publishers in the world. His writing is often described as ‘self-help for people who hate self-help’ — a no-BS brand of life advice and cultural commentary that has struck a chord with people around the globe. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, TIME Magazine, Forbes, Vice, CNN, and Vox, among many others. He currently lives in New York City.Mark's new audiobook, an Audible Original called Love Is Not Enough, is available now.This episode is sponsored by https://trendup.media/

Carrick Felix (@Carrick_Felix) was drafted into the NBA 33rd overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2013 after he averaged 14.6 ppg in his final season at Arizona State and being named second-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Defensive Team. He was named the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned first-team All-Pac-12 Academic Team honors. He’s also given three TEDx talks.This episode is sponsored by https://trendup.media/

Kathryn Nash is a six-figure fitness coach with over 300,000 followers on Instagram, helping thousands of women transform their bodies in just eight weeks. I promise you, the before and after pics are astonishing. Her own journey of going from scoliosis surgery to deadlifting 3x her bodyweight has captivated readers of Women's Health, Shape, and other prestigious publications.Visit Kathryn at https://minibutmighty.co/ and follow her @minibutmighty_ on IG.