What would I do if I were starting over in business? What are the initial steps I would take and how would I approach things if I had no audience, no reputation and no results? These are some of the most common questions I get from a lot of newer entrepreneurs who are just getting started, which is why I wanted to answer them today on the podcast!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore and @jeunejenni.     Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: The two big reasons I love the online expert business so much, and why it would be my choice of business to do if I were to start all over right now  Why it’s key to realize the value of your name, reputation and personal brand  How teaching others would still be a central piece of what I do if I were starting over today Some other ways that you can help people that isn’t directly through teaching  The steps I’d take if I were starting an online business in 2023, including the very first question that I would ask myself  Why niching down and being very specific about who you serve is so powerful as a new entrepreneur What can be your competitive advantage if you are just getting started versus being a larger, more established business  The two strategies that are proving to be the most successful to use in 2023  What should be the next steps to take once you get to the point where you are 90 days out from your launch  The main thing I would make sure to do right after completing my beta launch  For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/605 

If you want to escape suffering, one way is to learn how to detach. In today’s world this can be tricky, as so many of us are attached to the outcomes we want and needing to know the “how” we are going to get them. What if we told you there was a better way? In this episode, Jen and I reveal the magical art of detachment and share the ways in which we’ve learned to detach, in order to experience all that life has to offer!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore and @jeunejenni.     Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/604 

Today’s episode is an incredible, unique special one that is all about……sex. You may ask why we want to talk about this on the podcast, but so much of relationships and intimacy really does tie into business, as you’ll learn about today, as well as in our overall happiness in life.  The quality of your life is absolutely connected with and correlated to the quality of the relationships that you have, which is why we’re so excited to introduce you to our good friends, Vanessa and Xander Marin, to cover these topics!  Vanessa is a licensed psychotherapist with 20 years of experience in the sex therapy field, and Xander is a regular dude who’s been married to a sex therapist for over a decade! Together, their mission is to take the intimidation out of getting intimate, and they are the authors of the New York Times best selling book, Sex Talks: The Five Conversations That Will Transform Your Love Life, which you can get right now at https://sextalksbook.com/!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @vanessaandxander.    Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/603 

In today’s episode, I’m joined by the amazing Kandis James, a repeat guest to the show, to talk all about how to overcome adversity in your life, as we identify the 6 mind traps that so often hold us back!  Kandis is author, podcast host, Applied Mindfulness and NLP-Certified Life and Success Coach, and I’m proud to say, a coach in our BBD Next Level Program. She’s helped people transcend the destructive mental programming that they’ve received during their lifetime so they can harness the true power of their mind and live a life they love from the inside out.  In this powerful episode, Kandis also openly shares about the multiple near death experiences she’s had previously, and the ways in which her past training and personal development helped her gain perspective and move past these situations so that she can thrive!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @kandisjames.kj. Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: What led to Kandis’ most recent near death experience, and the surprising positive that came from this event  How she’s been able to use her past training to reframe her feelings and any blame she may have had  Where people are going wrong when it comes to mindfulness  Mind Trap #1: Catastrophizing Mind Trap #2: Exaggerative the Negative Mind Trap #3: Mind Reading  Mind Trap #4: Blame  Mind Trap #5: The “Shoulds”  Mind Trap #6: Taking It Personally For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/602 

In this #BizTipFriday edition of the podcast, you’ll get the 6 questions that you need to ask yourself in order to create your best marketing yet! To help demonstrate this, we’re playing an actual real-time case study with my good friend Brandon Lucero (who’s absolutely brilliant with anything copy, messaging and marketing) as he gives one of our clients a total messaging marketing - all in about 22 minutes! This really brings what Brandon has been talking about to life, with these powerful 6 questions that he asks to flush out a person’s BEST copy!  Brandon’s 3-day live experience, Master Your Profitable Messaging, kicks off March 20th! In it, he’ll show you how to start creating profitable messaging, demand for your products and services, build an audience and sell more with your messaging. No one is teaching this at the level or in the way that Brandon does, and he plans to never offer this training again, so grab your spot now at http://www.jameswedmore.com/messaging!   If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @iambrandonlucero. Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: The importance between communicating what you do instead of the tools that you are using  The real reasons why you need specificity in your messaging  Two types of mistakes that you’re clients are making that you can focus on in your messaging  Ways to approach creating an identity for your target audience  And more! For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/601 

How would you like to know the million dollar messaging formula that sells your stuff for you, so you don’t have to? To break this down this powerful formula that he is using with his own clients, today’s returning guest is my friend Brandon Lucero, who is an absolute wizard with anything messaging, copywriting and creating content that converts!   In this episode, Brandon reveals what true mastery is and the 3 things that will lead to mastery over our messaging and communication. He also opens up about the struggles that he’s faced in business, as well as the spiritual journey he has taken to become a better business owner, a better husband, and a better father, making this an episode that you can’t afford to miss!  Brandon’s 3-day live experience, Master Your Profitable Messaging, kicks off March 20th! In it, he’ll show you how to start creating profitable messaging, demand for your products and services, build an audience and sell more with your messaging. No one is teaching this at the level or in the way that Brandon does, and he plans to never offer this training again, so grab your spot now at http://www.jameswedmore.com/messaging!   If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @iambrandonlucero. Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: How getting your message out there plays such a key role in your success The two sides of messaging and Brandon tests topics and execution styles  Why most content isn’t going to resonate with audiences, and what you need to produce “home run” pieces of content  What you need to understand about warm and cold audience messaging  The significant ways that poor communication is impacting peoples’ marketing efforts What good messaging really does, and how to tell if you have a messaging problem  Our thoughts on niching down, plus the two ways to overcome the fear of doing it  3 areas that Brandon likes to focus on to get your audience to take action  The importance of maintaining your internal world in an online space full of noise  What he means when he ways that it’s impossible to master your messaging if you don’t have mastery over your craft  The way that he used silence to master messaging at a deeper level and determine his true purpose  How Brandon is using connection to be a become a better parent Where people are often going wrong when it comes to their messaging  For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/600 

What would a process for creating predictable and consistent revenue do for your business? How about having a system for hitting your goals, and knowing what to do once you hit them? In this episode, we’re walking you through the actual process that we use at Team Wedmore for doing this. That’s right, get ready to learn our 5-step launch planning process that we also teach to our students, so that you can start controlling your revenue and consistently hitting your own goals! If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore and @jeunejenni. Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: The tremendous opportunity that exists for entrepreneurs in terms of the revenue they can generate in their business What Jen has noticed about coaching clients who aren’t hitting their revenue goals, and what she tells them when this happens  The very first thing to have in place for your business if you want to make money now The main reasons that building a sales machine must be a priority for your business A look at what to do once you build your sales machine  One of the most overlooked and undervalued things that we see in the online space  A complete breakdown of our 5-step launch process  Why you shouldn’t pay attention to a particular trend that exists right now about launches  For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/599   

Today we have the final installment of our three-part Leadership Series for you, where we’ve been discussing how to build a winning team. In this special series we  interview extraordinary leaders, and not necessarily just business owners, and we’ve already highlighted leaders in the film industry as well as a leader in the field of athletics. In this episode, Jen talks with our friend, the amazing Erika Wykes-Sneyd, about how to be an egoless leader and turn ANY team into champions, which is something she has a lot of insight in!  Erika is the Vice President of Adidas’ Three Stripes Studio, and since joining the company in 2021 as the Vice President of Originals Basketball and Partnerships, her dedication to embracing cultural change and disruption underpinned the move to her current role as the founder and head of the brand’s dedicated Web 3 team. Erika has an extensive resume, including roles with Google, Boeing, Uber and more, and in this episode, she reveals the ways in which she shows up as a leader, how has been able to overcome imposter syndrome along her journey, and Erika shares her structures, strategies and formulas for turning teams around and motivating others in this process!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @heyerikaws. One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too!  Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/598   

Today we have Part 2 of our Leadership Series for you, where we’re discussing how to build a winning team. In this special series, Jen and I are interviewing extraordinary leaders, and not necessarily just business owners. This time we’re featuring Jen’s highschool volleyball coach, Michael Kane, who she credits for helping her become the performance coach that she is today! Coach Michael Kane has an impressive resume that includes 6 State Championship titles and with over 800 wins he is one of the winningest coaches in Texas volleyball history. Michael is the Director of Austin Performance Volleyball and Head Coach of Dripping Springs High School, and he has accomplished many accolades over the course of over two decades as a coach. Michael’s teams have qualified 9 times for the Junior Olympic Championships, and he has 22 consecutive playoff appearances with 9 Final Four appearances, as well as training over 40 Division I collegiate athletes.  Micheal is a motivational speaker who has committed his entire career to both high school and club volleyball programs and players, but what stood out the most to us during this conversation was just how humble of a man Michael is and the amazing example of egoless leadership he displays, and we can’t wait for you to learn from him today!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @coachmkane. One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too!  Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/597   

Today’s episode kicks off a brand new series on the show, which is all about leadership. Our first guest is Director of the Academy Awards-nominated Shrek 2, and Director of the ground-breaking animated movie, Sausage Party. It’s none other than Conrad Vernon (who also happens to be the voice of Gingy from Shrek)!  In this first episode of the series, we’re talking all about how to lead with creativity when it counts, and you won’t want to miss our upcoming episodes on leadership!  If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @conniev711.  One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too!  Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise! Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show! I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode. In this episode you’ll hear: Why Conrad says that leadership is about so much more than just who the leader is How he learned valuable leadership lessons on his own journey  What to say, and not say, to get the most out of your team and some of the ways that DreamWorks Animation cultivates team moral  How Conrad responds to both the good and bad ideas that are brought to him  What it’s like working on a film with multiple directors  Conrad’s thoughts on getting creativity from your team members  An example of a difficult conversation that he had to have as a leader  The story of how Conrad became the voice of the Gingerbread Man in Shrek Why he says that the money in any venture comes from doing something differently, and how he is pushing new boundaries in the field of animation  What Conrad advises do to integrate new employees into a high-performing team  For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/596