The Art of Living Proactively (Harnessing the Power of Your Choices)

Mike Jesowshek is a modern and innovative CPA/accountant taking a new-age approach to accounting, tax savings, and growing your business. Mike has been an entrepreneur most of his career.  He has CFO and co-founded several companies with experience in all business stages and has the aim of helping businesses that have seen and lived the same experiences he had encountered.  He has been in the shoes of many small business owners out there and his end goal is to help them in one area that most business owners are not familiar with, accounting and taxes. Some of the topics discussed in this episode: Helped a client save far more on their taxes than they thought possible Created videos to help clients through all aspects of the financials   Some of the commonly misunderstood issues with accountants addressed: Tax savings are only for the rich Bookkeeping isn’t necessary All workers can be independent contractors If someones says they do “deduct this on taxes”, then I can Taxes are just about filing the forms One of Mike's favourite quotes:  "The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same."   Links: www.JETROtax.com   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee059-mike-jesowshek/

Daniel Ramsey is the founder & CEO of MyOutDesk - the real estate industry’s leading virtual staffing company, with over 5,000 clients including four of REALTrends very own top 5 Teams. Back in 2008, he was inspired by his own time-management struggles to find a better way to help agents leverage their time & energy, and created MyOutDesk to provide a trusted, reliable solution to the office administration, marketing & prospecting tasks that every agent has - but most lack the time to focus on. In this episode we discuss: How clients grew their real estate businesses with the help of virtual assistants How Daniel began exploring the larger role of business process & systems outsourcing and key growth stages in real estate - which led to the development of the “7 Figure Business Roadmap” and the publication of his best-selling book, “Scaling Your Business With Virtual Professionals” How to create a 7 Figure Business, Double my Business & 7 Figure Roadmap. Hiring Virtual Assistants, Executive Assistant, Outsourcing, Virtual Teams. Onboarding a Virtual Assistant and making it work. The book “Scaling Your Business with Virtual Professionals”. Time Freedom for Entrepreneurs & Compound Leverage. How to Benefit from, Manage, Motivate: Virtual Professionals, Virtual Teams, geographically dispersed team, distributed team, or remote team. What is a blended model with a Virtual Assistant? What is “Time Freedom” and how can they buy you back time? What is a Virtual Professional & how can they help you scale your business? What is the principle of “Compound Leverage”? How does an Entrepreneur Scale a Business?   “Either you have an assistant, or you are the  assistant. It’s your choice.”   Links: https://www.myoutdesk.com/ www.twitter.com/myoutdesk   www.instagram.com/myoutdesk https://www.facebook.com/MyOutDesk.LLC/   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at:

Heather is the author of Shine Your Bright, Chief Financial Officer of Keyston Bros, and Co-Founder of Choose Goodness, Her success has grown rapidly. She grew up striving for the perfect life – a fairy tale romance and a successful career.  While working her way through the checklist of accomplishments, she found a disconnect.   The person she was at home was not the person she was at work, nor even the person she IS.  She was playing the role rather than participating in the life.  She has found excitement in bringing her full self to every aspect of her life.  Through her book, Shine Your Bright, she helps people find the peace and courage to do the same.     Favourite Quote: "Hitch your wagon to a star and follow your dreams"   shineyourbright.com sign up to get a free sample of the journal   heather@shineyourbright.com facebook.com/shineyourbright instagram.com/shineyourbright/   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee057-heather-breedlove/

Jane Malyon is the founder of The English Cream Tea company and in this episode, she tells us how afternoon tea could save the world! She is an expert in the currency of courtesy and delivered a TED talk on why it's important to make your clients (and staff) feel special and valued. She talks about how this can be done in a way that's so charming they will be made to feel like extended family and why good etiquette is valuable in business. She has a best-selling book on the topic and the Guinness World Record for largest English Cream Tea! If we transfer the niceness and consideration shown at afternoon tea, that 'pause' on what else is going on, being in rapport, listening, passing, sharing, engaging - those are the very traits we want in colleagues and companies with whom we do business. Niceness isn't weakness. It just makes this world a better place. and I forgot to mention in the episode that Jane has a special offer for listeners:  Use the discount code: POST10 (for use during November 2019) on any postable gift for 10% off at www.englishcreamtea.com Links: TEDx talk: How Afternoon Tea Could Save The World (of course it could!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaDquLlxDsI   Guinness World Record for the largest English Cream Tea Party: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151053240156526   Jane's top ten tips of English Cream Tea Etiquette Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq-1MLT3YDk   Website www.englishcreamtea.com   And a discount code for use during November 2019 on any postable gift: POST10 for 10% off.   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/englishcreamtea Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/englishcreamtea Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/englishcreamtea Twitter: https://twitter.com/englishcreamtea LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-malyon-englishcreamtea/   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee056-jane-malyon/

Cynthia is a Voice Coach, Speaker and Author. She has helped business professionals and professional speakers from 46 countries across 5 continents with their voice to speak with impact and conviction, engages and inspires people to embrace change and take action. She has been a professional speaker and coach for the past 17 years spanning 4 continents in countries such as the U.S.A., Finland, The Netherlands, Argentina, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, India, Brunei, Vietnam and The Philippines. Cynthia has appeared on the Discover Your Talent Show in the US and been a guest on many radio shows including Singapore Radio Program 938Live, Hong Kong Radio 3, and Malaysia Business Radio Station BFM on the subject of Voice. Here are some links to videos mentioned on the show: youtube.com/user/cynthiazhai   bit.ly/voicecrashcourse   Cynthia's website: https://www.powerfulexecutivevoice.com/   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/e055-cynthia-zhai/

“If you aren’t making money on your sustainability efforts then you’re just not doing it right"   Kevin Wilhelm is the CEO of a company called Sustainable Business Consulting. He is one of the world’s pre-eminent business consultants and teachers in the field of sustainability. He has 20 years of experience working with hundreds of businesses ranging across thousands of different industries from Fortune 500 multinationals to medium size businesses. His company specialises in helping companies realise business value through the integration of sustainability into everything they do. His clients include Nordstrom, REI, Alaska Airlines, The North Face, Expeditors, Redbox, Drugstore.com, and Real Networks. Some of the topics discussed in this weeks episode: Worked in professional soccer and baseball in the US They help companies find a win-win solution for themselves and the environment Businesses want to do right by the environment, SBC shows them how to save money and even make more money while taking care of the environment Helps companies manage waste in an economical way A lot of states and cities in the US work hard to hit the tough environmental targets they’ve set themselves regardless of the federal approach Many global corporations are taking far more action than people realise as investors are demanding this Lots of innovation by companies such as Walmart and Target and they push their suppliers to meet certain standards How the Port of Seattle set standards far higher than those set by the Paris accord and hit their targets which put pressure on large ports worldwide What can a bank do in terms of climate issues? Columbia bank made a proactive step to assist companies that needed financing (Green Loans) to implement environmental change The finance industry in the US is leading the charge How Kevin handles climate change deniers Blogpost - How to talk to the other side How he helped professional sports teams to be carbon neutral which led to other teams following suit How he Exceeding his own Expectations by writing his first book How electric cars are doing in the USA People put limitations on themselves How he created a graduate scheme programme in sustainability issues   “I don’t know of a single person who once they have owned an electric car, has wanted to go back" He has taught 13 different business courses on sustainability, has lectured across the country hundreds of times, and is the author of three acclaimed books in this field including: - Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy - Making Sustainability Stick: The Blueprint for Successful Sustainability Implementation - Sustainable Jobs: The Complete Guide to Landing Your Dream Green Job. Links: Website: www.sustainablebizconsulting.com Company Twitter: sbc_consulting Twitter: @KevinWilhelmSBC Books: https://sustainablebizconsulting.com/resources/ The blogpost mentioned: https://sustainablebizconsulting.com/corporate-responsibility/how-to-talk-to-a-republican-about-climate-change/   Books: Making Sustainability Stick: The Blueprint for Successful Implementation Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy Return on Sustainability: How Companies Can Increase Profitabilty & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee054-kevin-wilhelm/

Alexander Lowry is helping to revolutionise the MBA industry resulting in students spending less time and money and receiving great experiences during the process and are helped to find a job suitable for them afterwards. Elevating the board conversation -- there have been so many press stories recently of companies failing, because the Boards failed to do their jobs, eg Uber, CBS, etc.  Plus there's an incredible need for more diversity of thought, eg gender, nationality, economic background, etc.  It seemed the corporate world was desperate for guidance.  So Alexander stepped up to fill a void -- there weren't podcasts dedicated to that in the board space, now there is since he launched his podcast: Boardroom Bound   He launched Gordon's MSFA program to solve all the problems and downsides of the MBA but retain all the upside.  Students aren't considered to be a cog in a machine; they get incredible one-on-one access to Alexander and personal help in the job search.  We hear how the students surprise and delight leads to incredible word-of-mouth advertising We hear about Alexander's management consulting days His unofficial motto was under-promise and over-deliver. He has always wanted to surprise and delight his clients You can download a PDF created especially for the listeners of Exceeding Expectations called "How to become an exceptional Board Director Candidate" using this link Links: Boardroom Bound Podcast -- Episode 17: How to Build a Brand https://podcast.gordon.edu/boardroombound/017mattcraven/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/alexander.s.lowry/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderlowry Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexanderSLowry Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexander.s.lowry Gordon College Master of Science in Financial Analysis program: https://www.gordon.edu/msfa   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee053-alexander-lowry/

Gray Caws is an instructor in a number of techniques that improve sports performance, but that also help people function better in everyday life that are mostly centred around better breathing. Some of the topics discussed include: Replicating high altitude training without leaving your house! How you can lose weight by changing your breathing A method to retain cardiovascular fitness even when unable to train for a long period of time How to eradicate the use of inhalers for asthma sufferers Ways to improve times for triathletes How Gray has helped students achieve far more than they expected ADVENTURES IN MOVEMENT Master Instructor and Director ChiRunning UK & Ireland Buteyko Practitioner Oxygen Advantage Instructor Specialist Personal Trainer www.adventuresinmovement.com +44 (0) 20 3657 9097 | +44 (0) 7515 385593   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee052-gray-caws/

Joel Hawbaker is a teacher and public speaker and the skills he's learnt as a teacher have helped his speaking career and the skills he's learnt in his speaking have helped his teaching career. Some of the topics discussed in this episode: The rewarding feeling when a child gets a concept a teacher is explaining What's the hardest part of school from the childs point of view?  Helping kids see the connection between what they're doing in school and how they'll use that when they leave school How teachers can help give kids a better school experience The difference it makes to schoolchildren when they know their teachers care about them The importance of compassion from teachers How to help kids that are being bullied Helping kids whose parents are divorcing The downsides of social media for schools How technology has changed the classroom How world history relates to athletes An example of how the exam process helped a former student get a job How Joel's teaching experience helped his public speaking Changing the energy in the classroom to keep the kids engaged How playing soccer/football teaches kids life lessons When coaching kids in soccer it's not about the trophies Why adopting the mindset to exceed expectations helps you be a better person Links: www.reallifeleading.com https://www.facebook.com/joel.w.hawbaker https://twitter.com/RealLifeLeading https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-hawbaker-9421a077/ Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/ Full shownotes including transcription available at: https://tonywinyard.com/ee051-joel-hawbaker/

A few years ago Shauna wasn't in a great place. She had a decent job but she was vehemently opposed to the way her boss was conducting business. When she stood up for her clients, she was fired. With her husband only 3 weeks away from a 6-month deployment in the Middle East and with 3 young kids at home, she was stuck without too many options. This was when she decided to start her own business where she could conduct operations with integrity. Ultimately, this has led to a big shift in her own life where she's been able to create a life that she loves. Treating her clients with respect and being a part of their team instead of simply " a contractor" has shown them that she cares deeply about their success and that she's invested in their growth. Shauna talks about how she created this dynamic with her clients on this week's show. Shauna helps early-stage startups scale with effective strategies, creative solutions, and unparalleled integrity by making the most of small budgets for maximum impact. Topics discussed include: The future of digital marketing The gig economy and freelancing Marketing strategy Working for yourself Links: http://www.shaunaarmitage.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shauna.armitage/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/shauna-armitage-72092634/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQjp8PowPjnmJ5aVu1X8YLg https://www.facebook.com/iammakingmoxie   Exceeding Expectations links: www.ExceedingExpectations.me Facebook Group Twitter LinkedIn YouTube How to leave a podcast review: https://tonywinyard.com/how-to-leave-a-review-for-the-podcast/  Full shownotes including transcript at:  https://tonywinyard.com/ee050-shauna-armitage/