Breakfast Leadership Show

After his first child was born in 2005, Jay jumped into the world of real estate investing. Despite several challenges along the way, he built a multiple seven-figure real estate portfolio. That portfolio helped him take a multi-year sabbatical to deal with heartbreaking personal tragedy when his wife passed away in 2014. This experience lead Jay to reevaluate the purpose of his life while taking a multi year sabbatical. Before his wife passed away, Jay thought he was financially prepared. After going through the experience of being the executor of his wife's estate, he realized he wasn't. Today, Jay makes an impact raising his three children and empowering Fathers to secure their Family's Financial Future as the founder of Prepared Fathers. He achieves this through his one-on-one and group coaching programs and his daily podcast A Minute with Jay. He is a frequent podcast guest and does a limited number of speaking engagements. You can learn more about Jay at jaygabrani.com.

COVID-19 has the potential of permanently closing 30% of small businesses.  One business where that happened is Sudden Coffee. This powerful and vulnerable interview with Josh Zloof, founder of Sudden Coffee will shed light on the challenges that many small businesses face. Per Josh: Unfortunately, the COVID outbreak hit us pretty bad and we're permanently closing Sudden :-/ I'm in the midst of it as we speak. For a little more context - we actually had our best revenue months on record in Jan & Feb, we were getting strong traction/ product market fit. However, we needed additional funding and feedback from the VC world was that they did not want to fund food manufacturing because it was a physical goods business. Amidst all of this of course, the outbreak happened. I'm planning on writing a retrospective on it once the dust settles - its a strange case to have 'product market fit' but are forced to shut down because its difficult to capitalize.  Framework for Determining What Career Opportunities to Pursue - Josh tried out 10+ different business ideas over 1.5 years. It wasn't until he identified his values (Purpose, Community, Growth, and Excitement) and matched them to his ideas that he shut down all of the companies that didn't align and launched Sudden Coffee. https://www.suddencoffee.com/pages/products

YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL, JUST NOT AT THE SAME DAMN TIME.  The New book from Romi: https://amzn.to/3aq64KO It’s possible to have all the things that are really important to us. How do I know? Because I’ve done it, and I’ve made it my mission to help other women Have It All too.  Like you, I’m a lot of things. I’m John Neustadt’s wife. He’s a naturopathic doctor, an entrepreneur and an insanely incredible husband and dad who makes us laugh on the daily. I’m Nate and Bebe’s mom, and it’s the most important job and biggest honor I’ll ever have. These two precocious, vivacious, hilarious humans are growing up way too fast and teaching me as much (or more) than I’m teaching them. My family is by far my greatest achievement and the most important part of my All. Bestselling author, entrepreneur, speaker, and life and business coach Romi Neustadt has a message for women: You CAN have it all--just not at the same damn time. Romi Neustadt is a mom of two, a wife, a daughter, bestselling author, speaker, entrepreneur, and coach. What's more, she's achieved these things without a staff of 10, the ability to sleep two hours a night or driving herself batsh*t crazy. She's figured out the key to having it all: Priorities, babe. In her second book, Romi provides a no-BS blueprint for women to figure out what to focus on and what not to. She explains why saying YES to everything and everyone really means saying NO to the things that matter -- to your goals, your dreams, and your true self. The key to achieving your wildest dreams isn't to downsize them. It's to embrace them more fully, and discard everything that isn't serving them. This book will teach you how to:   •  Zone in on what really matters to you, so you can ditch everything that isn't serving your dreams.   •  Recognize and embrace your true worth as a provider, partner, and all-around kickass human.   •  Say no to the millionth request from your kid's school for home-baked goods--without experiencing mom guilt.   •  Establish boundaries that stick with coworkers, friends, and family.   •  Ditch toxic relationships and the soul-sucking drama that accompanies them.   •  Stop feeling like an imposter in your own life.   •  Create habits that protect your time and energy.   •  Kick fear (of not being lovable, pretty, or good enough) to the curb once and for all. Written in the same down-to-earth, accessible style that made her first book, Get Over Your Damn Self, a beloved bestseller, this book is for every woman who wants to live a fulfilled, authentic life without feeling stressed and exhausted. Romi is living proof that it's possible, and you will be too.   https://www.romineustadt.com/ Social Media @RomiNeustadt

Mitzi Perdue has a novel way of raising funds for fighting human trafficking. She enables wealthy donors to convert high-end jewelry or works of art into cash that they can donate to the anti-trafficking organization of their choice. She’s doing this through an auction where the auction house has agreed not to charge a commission! The organization that is doing this is Win This Fight (WTF), And yes, we do know what these initials commonly refer to! (But you’ll remember this, right?) WTF enables wealthy individuals to auction high-value property (jewelry, works of art, historical items, airplanes etc), and the proceeds from the sale goes to the anti-trafficking organization that the donor chooses. The auction will take place in January of 2021, and the New York auction house that is doing this has agreed to forego the seller’s commission. If, to take a real example, a man has a million-dollar diamond and sapphire necklace, and wants to support his favorite anti-trafficking organization, he could turn it into cash by going through a jewelry broker. Typically, he’d have to pay a 40% commission. If he went to a regular auction house, he’d have to pay a 20% commission. The Win This Fight auction involves no seller’s commission and his charity would receive the full $1,000,000. Mitzi is looking for volunteers for this effort. Come join the nearly 500 volunteers who are working on this now! Mitzi and the others at WTF will do everything they can to match your skills, strengths, passions, and time-availability to the work that’s needed. If you join, you’ll meet inspiring and energizing people, you’re likely to be invited to exciting events, and most of all, you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you’re part of a global effort to combat one of the worst scourges that affects humanity: human slavery. As a nationally syndicated columnist, Mitzi has written more than 1600 articles, and as a nationally syndicated TV hostess and producer, she produced more than 400 half-hour shows. In 2018-2019, she had 85 articles published on business and family. Polaris list:  https://polarisproject.org/human-trafficking/ http://winthisfight.org

Marilena Fallaris is a successful Attorney and the Author of Womenemies, with the book becoming a #1 best seller in multiple categories. Her story involves many life lessons and guidelines for relationships both in business and socially that would be beneficial to your audience.    The book identifies and discusses the common ways women can be enemies, or womenemies, to each other and sets guidelines to eliminate their existence. The goal of the book is to support and uplift our fellow women! Her book has received a lot of praise from men as well with several saying that her book is a message worthy of all our attention.  Marilena uses her two decades of life experiences in the workforce with her background as a manager, attorney, mother, wife, daughter and friend to shine light on a different type of womenemy in each chapter.    You can check out her book here:  https://amzn.to/2Rc6UDG Twitter: https://twitter.com/asterimarilena Website:  https://www.womenemies.com/

C. Lee Smith founded SalesFuel in 1989. Lee was named as one of the 14 Leading Sales Consultants by Selling Power magazine in 2018 and 2019. Foremost expert in executive leadership, sales coaching, behavioral analysis and the discovery process. Lee is author of the new book Hire Smarter, Sell More!, co-host of the Manage Smarter podcast and frequent keynote speaker. https://salesfuel.com/hire/ C. Lee's podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manage-smarter/id1332925915

I believe leadership is the most powerful force on earth and it is my life’s work and passion. I am a former US Army Special Forces (Green Beret) Commander. I have led front-line elite Infantry & Special Forces Soldiers in both Iraq and Afghanistan. 5 years ago, I left the military after 14 years of service to pursue my entrepreneurial dream. I graduated from UNC Chapel-Hill with my MBA and started my first business, a Fitness/Martial Arts Hybrid Franchise. Long story short after a few years it failed, and I had to declare bankruptcy. I started a second business, Legion Jiu-Jitsu. We have grown to 3 locations in 2 years and all locations are profitable. Perseverance is the key to success in the military, business, and life. Now I work with entrepreneurs and executives on effective Servant Leadership by applying hard-learned battle-tested principles through individual coaching and my Elite Leadership workshop. Strong leadership creates strong profits. I teach people on the following topics: Servant Leadership principles for success. A leader is a person you train to become, not a set of techniques just anyone can apply and get results. Your listeners would get stories and actionable steps they can apply TODAY to improve as leaders. Effective communication. Nearly all problems inside organizations involve ineffective communication, yet organizations spend almost no time training their people on how to communicate better. I have created a 5B Communication Method framework utilizing my experience and military doctrine. Your listeners will be able to use this framework to clearly communicate within their organization and improve productivity immediately. Mindset Mastery. Mindset is everything. But how do you train mindset for yourself? For your team? I have been through some of the toughest leadership and mental toughness training in the world. West Point. US Army Ranger School. Special Forces Selection. Special Forces Combat Diver School. Not to mention 22 months in combat and 5 years of entrepreneurship. I apply these lessons daily in my business and with my clients. Listeners will enjoy hearing these stories and action steps to move from a negative and stressed mind to one filled with gratitude, able to focus through the noise and push through to victory during the most difficult of times.   http://www.seanpattonpresents.com/

Teresa's book:  Working Remotely https://amzn.to/3aFPDL5 Teresa's website:  https://teresamdouglas.com/ The world is now your office! You can work from home, from a coffee shop, or even from the gym—but how do you keep on task and stay motivated when you’re alone. In Working Remotely, authors Mike, Holly, and Teresa discuss how to ward off toxic levels of loneliness, how to get what you need from colleagues spread across the world, and how to network and grow in your career when you are sitting in an office of one, plus many other topics that will help you survive and thrive as a remote worker. Mike, Holly, and Teresa use their different paths through Kaplan to help the remote worker figure out how to set up the right headspace for them. “Working Remotely paints a very real picture of what it's like to be a remote worker in an organisation... In contrast to most books on remote work which have been written with managers, business owners or freelancers in mind, Secrets of the Remote Workforce speaks directly to employees, guiding them through their day to day.” -Pilar Orti Director of Virtual not Distant “Working Remotely is a terrific map for helping employees who work remotely take charge of their own career. The authors have all survived and thrived as remote employees... While other resources focus on how to manage remote employees, this book highlights the power that employees have to drive success for themselves.” -Susan Cates, Strategic Advisor  

Jean Ginzburg is a #1 best-selling author, award-winning entrepreneur and digital marketing expert with more than 12 years of industry expertise helping companies scale revenue, optimize sales and marketing processes and improve productivity. Jean is the CEO and Founder of JeanGinzburg.com, a digital marketing education company and Ginball Digital Marketing, a digital marketing agency. Jean's clients range from brand name Fortune 500 companies to innovative start-ups. Additionally, Jean has been featured in Inc.com, Forbes.com, Entrepreneur and the Huffington Post. Jean and her companies have won several awards and mentions: -JeanGinzburg.com's work won a 2019 W³ Silver Award, Oct 2019 -JeanGinzburg.com made the Fast 50 List by Denver Business Journal, Sept 2019 -JeanGinzburg.com is a Top Company Finalist by Colorado Biz Magazine, July 2019 -JeanGinzburg.com made the Top 100 Woman-Owned Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine, June 2019 -JeanGinzburg.com made the 2018 Entrepreneur 360 list by Entrepreneur Magazine, Dec 2018 -JeanGinzburg.com made the Top 250 Private Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine, Nov 2018 -JeanGinzburg.com made the Top 25 Ad Agencies in Denver list by Denver Business Journal, Sept 2018 -Jean was named a "Women to Watch" by Colorado Biz Magazine, Jul 2018 In September 2017, Jean launched her book "Win New Customers: How to Attract, Connect, and Convert More Prospects into Customers in 60 Days Using Digital Marketing". The book is a #1 Amazon best-seller. Jean's digital industry specializations include the following: - Full funnel marketing strategy - Facebook Advertising - Customer avatar development - Sales and Marketing Automation - Social Media - Email Marketing - Product strategy - Content strategy -Retargeting - Analytics    http://ginball.co/  

If anyone is passionate about digital technologies and their impact on our future, it’s Michael Gale. In 2001, Michael founded and sold two companies Strategic Oxygen, a leading data toolset for marketers in the technology industry and Pulsepoint group. He has been a group partner at Monitor Group and was the chief web officer/GM at Micron Technology. As the host of Forbes Insights Futures InFocus podcast, Michael’s experience and passion for digital tech are evident. He engages in conversations with global visionaries and leaders who are thinking about our world 10 years from now, helping us design for it, and guiding us toward it in a way that allows us to thrive. Nothing is certain about the future except the need to design differently for it than the world we live in today. Only 29% of Americans think about the world of 10 years from now and only once a week (Institute of the Future research 2017), yet 95%+ of us will be living in a world dominated by different ways of working, entertaining, eating, transporting ourselves, educating and raising our families. How the digital technologies now dominating our world will change how we think about the world that is far closer than we realize should be a question we each get insight on each week. Michael brings together visionaries who are charged with the responsibility to help guide and stimulate the thinking necessary to drive design and actions that will change the world we’ll be living in 10 years from now. Our future will be identified and defined by decisions, ideas, and practices that we start putting into play today. Through his conversations with CEOs of startups, Global 2000 executives, academics, and innovative thinkers, Michael hopes to spark new ways for us to do anything and everything right now to help prepare us to thrive in the future. https://www.linkedin.com/in/migale/ https://twitter.com/futuresinfocus https://www.instagram.com/futures_in_focus_podcast/ https://www.forbesinsightsfif.com/pods-landing https://www.inc.digital/