In today's episode, our host, Bryan McAnulty, sits down with renowned entrepreneur Alex Charfen, co-founder of the coaching company Sharfen. Listen until the end of the episode to get Alex Charfen's new book for free! Together, they tackle the challenges and triumphs of being an entrepreneur, discussing the importance of structure, boundaries, and self-care. Watch this episode to learn about your entrepreneurial personality and what are the keys to achieving sustainable success and fulfillment as a business owner. Alex Charfen is a renowned entrepreneur who co-founded CHARFEN, a coaching company that helps other entrepreneurs scale and optimize their businesses and achieve new levels of sustainable growth.

Sigrun is an acclaimed business coach, bestselling author, and host of the Sigrun Show podcast. Known as a leading business mentor in Europe, she's dedicated to advancing gender equality through female entrepreneurship and guiding women to launch and grow their online businesses to 7 figures. Based between Iceland and Switzerland, she's passionate about helping others kickstart their online businesses. Learn more about Sigrun: https://www.sigrun.com/ Get Signun's book for free here: https://www.sigrun.com/podcast-bryan-mcanulty [Kickstart Your Online Business: Create the online course that kicks off your online business]

Our guest today - Leah McCloud - is a human design expert, spiritual coach, and wellness guru dedicated to demystifying spirituality and bringing people close to their authentic selves through Human Design. Over the past three years, Leah has had experience leading retreats, working one-on-one with clients, and couples, and assisting world wellness leaders. Leah's spiritual philosophy bridges the gap between woo-woo and science, making spirituality digestible, practical, and fun! Learn more about Leah: https://www.thedesignofyou.com/

Our guest today is Olly Richards, a former jazz musician turned English teacher who transformed his passion for language learning into a $10 million business called StoryLearning. He now shares his expertise through a newsletter, guiding online entrepreneurs to scale their businesses while serving as a living case study of success. His mission is to provide mentorship and strategic insights to help 6-figure business owners reach 7+ figures and beyond. Throughout the episode, Olly shares his insights on various topics, including the importance of building a traffic source and an audience before launching a product, the balance between living in the present and planning for the future as an entrepreneur, and the role of mentors in the creative journey. Learn more about Olly Richards: http://ollyrichards.co

Learn how to make better decisions in your business, and how to play offense (not only in sports, but also in business!) and taking calculated risks to achieve success. Paul Epstein is a leadership and sales keynote speaker, bestselling author, and expert on coaching others to play offense in defensive environments by making better decisions faster.  Paul has spent nearly 15 years as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office. He then transitioned into coaching for clients like Amazon, Disney and NASA, and became a best-selling author and world-renowned keynote speaker. Learn more about Paul: https://www.paulepsteinspeaks.com/ 

In this special episode, Bryan interviews Kevon Cheung, creator of Public Lab. They discuss the power of building in public, being authentic online and offline, learning from mistakes, building a long-term career, and finding balance in scaling a business.

Morgan is an experienced publishing expert who helps authors navigate the writing and publishing process, and build a loyal readership. Today, we'll be diving deep into the world of book publishing as we discuss whether authors should go the traditional route, self-publish, or opt for a hybrid approach. We'll also explore how authors can ensure that their books provide value for their business. Morgan believes that even an unknown debut author with no connections, platform, or following truly can sell tens of thousands of copies of a book, gather thousands of reviews, and attract fans of their work that will come back for more, year over year. Learn more about Morgan: https://paperravenbooks.com/

Siavash Fashi is the Founder and CEO of Six Pax Gym, a unique “old school” fitness gym based in California. Growing up in Iran during the war, he faced incredible hardships before moving to the United States in 2007 as an asylum immigrant with no money and speaking very little English. Despite the odds, he invested all of his savings and started his own gym. SixPax Gym is now the #1 personal training gym in Culver City. The business now generates $1M in Annual Recurring Revenue and Siavash finally managed to live his American Dream. Learn more about Siavash: https://www.sixpaxgym.com/personal-training-gym

Today's guest, Colin Boyd, will teach us how to better communicate with our audience through the power of storytelling, and how to increase sales by telling the right stories. Colin Boyd is obsessed with helping experts and entrepreneurs grow their businesses through live stages and webinars.  He does keynotes at conferences around the world on the topic of persuasive communication. Colin is a CSP, NLP practitioner, ICF certified coach, and his clients include Coca-Cola, Suncorp, Fuji Xero and Hewlett Packard, to name a few. His signature program Sell From Stage Academy® helps people create and deliver presentations that connect with their audience and convert them into clients. He's an Aussie who now lives in Newport Beach, California, with his wife and two little kids. Learn more about Colin Boyd: http://colinboyd.co/

Learn how to secure media coverage for your business, from identifying trending topics to finding the right pitches, and how to track the success of your media publicity efforts. Esther Kiss is an entrepreneur, speaker, PR educator, and the founder of Born to Influence, a boutique PR and marketing agency specializing in helping entrepreneurs and founders get more publicity, leads, and sales. Learn More about Esther Kiss: https://coursecreatorcommunity.net/