Just Keep Learning Podcast

Justin Nolan, JustTries

The Just Keep Learning Podcast will help you learn to achieve your big dreams. Host Justin (Aka @JustTries) interviews experts in their field, and creates solo lessons to help you with growth mindset, business, vulnerability, and goal setting. read less

Kristin Being Kristin On Life Values, Content Creation, and Goal Setting
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Kristin Being Kristin On Life Values, Content Creation, and Goal Setting
Showing UpKristin has built a really supportive community based on her value of simply showing up. She has become known for her stance on lifelong learning, and having incredible live conversations with people to learn more about what makes each of us tick. The idea of pursuing self-awareness as a lifelong goal is something that Kristin really understands.We talked about pursuing a career in acting, having the humility to focus on her true values in life, how to get started as a content creator, what it was like to become a stand-up comedian, and some of her core memories in life.All of this leads to some pretty incredible wisdom that we can all benefit from.Become A Content CreatorKristin shared the main thing she thinks that holds people back is worrying about the results. If we stay in the present moment and create content that is in line with our values, then good things happen. We shouldn’t get stuck inside our own thoughts about how good, or bad we are as a creator. We shouldn’t be comparing ourselves to anyone else. We should just continue to show up for our audience and put the work in.Kristin went into stand-up comedy in her fifties because it’s something she always thought of trying, she knew it would be a challenge that brought about healthy fear and she loves hearing people laugh.She really stresses the importance of trying things out too. Over time, the more things we try, the closer and closer we’ll get to being in alignment with our life’s purpose and then the content creation will come more and more naturally.7 Tips To Live Your Best LifeEveryone in the world is trying to be someone else, but the greatest gift is the ability to just be yourself.Don’t worry about cliques, fitting in, or comparing yourself to others.Strive to figure out who you are, not who anyone else wants you to be.Life will be boring and stressful if you don’t build it for yourself.Focus on individuality and confidence. If you are a lifelong learner in those two areas you will live your best life.Remember that emotions, especially fear and sadness, are not only “o.k” but they are really valuable.If a certain path isn’t for you, whether it’s a job, sport, activity, or school, it’s no big deal, live in the moment and keep figuring it out for yourself.Don’t make decisions because they are what other people did. Learn from others, gather evidence and clues, but ultimately make your own decisions.Memorable Quotes“Everyone in the world is trying to be someone else, but the greatest gift is the ability to just be yourself.” “Don’t follow the whole crowd of cars in traffic, instead take a left, or a right and enjoy the journey, you never know what you might find.”“Kids are little people with stresses, fears, and goals too. Just because we are adults out there in the big bad world doesn’t mean that we have more important, or more serious stresses, fears, and goals than our kids.”“In any relationship, you can’t have someone else validate you. You need to validate yourself.”Guest Bio“Kristin Being Kristin” is a mom and wife by day Bartender and comedian at night.Whether she’s pouring drinks, or solving people’s problems with humor and brutal honesty, she uses Heart, Humor and Sass to share a little inspiration.She has core values of showing up and lightening up to laugh.She became quite popular after being a guest on Tea with Gary Vee, and since has created a live interview show, coached people in life and podcasting, and continued to create content that can inspire every day people to believe in themselves.FOLLOW KRISTINInstagram - @kristinbeingkristinYouTube - @KristinbeingKristinFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
Joe Dreamz On Hip-Hop, Personal Development, And Chasing Your Dreams
27-03-2023
Joe Dreamz On Hip-Hop, Personal Development, And Chasing Your Dreams
Growing UpJoe Shared the challenge of growing up in a primarily white neighborhood. We talked about the importance of finding your tribe and being a part of a community that you feel you belong to.In this case, similar to how we feel about JKL, Joe talks about the “Live Joe Dreamz” community as a place where he finally feels he belongs. For that reason, he’s doubling and tripling down on building as big a community as possible. The vision for the community is simply a world where everyone lives their big dreams.Just Believe In YourselfBeing a content creator, filmmaker, and hip-hop artist with an important message, Joe had to take a leap of faith toward a creative career. He shared that increasing your creative confidence by thinking less and creating more, will work out if you believe in yourself.This style and value came out of a silver lining moment he had in the studio. Joe tells the story of booking studio time last minute which led to free styling and creating some of his best work on the spot. This also led to future production being more efficient, and unlocked a world of future creativity and speed in creating content.It all comes down to trusting in the process. Just make the next thing, then the next and the next. Don’t stress, or worry about results. Joe took his own leap of faith to start street performing, and freestyling. This is well documented as he performs on the street outfront of Padres games. His most viral video in fact took place in New York at a Padres Playoff game. The video showing a fan assaulting him has been shared around the internet hundreds of millions of times.Obsessed With Personal DevelopmentJoe Dreamz as a brand was built after he was introduced to the world of personal development. A friend connected him to a mentor who brought him to his first conference. At the conference was speaker Robert Kiyosaki, author of ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’. His talk opened up a whole new world for Joe as he learned about the concept of self-help. He became obsessed with the idea of personal development. He read a ton of books and consumed as many resources as possible that would help him understand the world of success. He knew that spreading these concepts to other people who have no idea that they exist was going to be part of his life’s work. But, trying to share these ideas with friends, or family was a struggle. It’s not as exciting, or engaging as mainstream media. And so, Joe Dreamz was born. The combination of personal development and the arts, to create edutainment that helps people learn and see out their own goals in life.7 Tips To Help You Live Your DreamsTrust that you can do it the way you want to do it.Figure out “your” perfect. What level is the best balance of being ready to share, but doesn’t take so long to make that it keeps you from creating your next piece?Maintain the mindset that we can always turn trash into treasure.If you do what most people do you will get what most people get.Life is happening for you, not to you. Everything we experience is for us. So when an event takes place in our lives, it’s helpful to ask, what could I gain from this, or at least, what can I learn from it?Find out who the successful people in your field are. Study what they do that sets them apart, decide what you can copy from them and what you can do that is unique to set you apart. Combine those things with consistency and continue to put them into practice over time.Always take moments to pause. Don’t rush to answer something, take action, or talk. Figure out the best balance of action versus feedback and planning. You don’t want to procrastinate, but you do want to move with a sense of patience and calm.Memorable Quotes“When someone poops in your comment section, you can poop back, or you can use that to come up with something playful, or to win them over.” “The live your dreams cause has been around since the beginning of human time, so I’m just the founder of the company that wants to spread this message as far as possible.”“Something that is small, but practical and can have a big impact for people over time, is taking a moment to pause, to just pause and think before we act, or speak.”Guest BioJoe Dreamz is a musician, speaker, and content creator. He has an old-school message of personal development, and chasing your dreams. He combines this life philosophy with a new school sound through hip hop and filmmaking.Joe Dreamz is a breath of fresh air in the music industry because he focuses on purpose and creativity first.Before rapping, Joe worked dead end job after dead end job and lacked a sense of purpose. But he realized the window to his Dreamz was slowly closing so he decided to take a leap of faith. Now he inspires others to do the same. He can do an even better job by building the business brand, so it’s important we all know his name. And “don’t forget the z”. FOLLOW JOE DREAMZInstagram - @JoedreamzTikTok - @joedreamzmusic YouTube - JoeDreamzFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
Luke Page On Adversity, Coaching And How To Manifest Your Goals
09-03-2023
Luke Page On Adversity, Coaching And How To Manifest Your Goals
Be Efficient With Your GoalsLuke shared one of his hacks for building skills more efficiently. Find ways to get paid for improving skills that help you with your bigger vision. They don’t have to be directly tied to the long term goal. For example, he is an actor because it helps with confidence on camera and networking.Every goal is built on transferable skills. How can you leverage your current work, schedule and downtime to practice skills that are in line with your bigger desire even if you aren’t there yet?When it comes to setting goals be sure to build on a foundation of the lifestyle you want. It’s ok to mimic and copy others actions to reach success, but when it comes to the lifestyle you build that’s a personal need. Be sure to set goals that fit with your own lifestyle goals so that you will keep going when times get tough.Finally, you won’t reach the next level alone. Don’t wait to seek help. No matter what evel you’re at, collaborating and leaning on others is helpful. So, have the courage to ask questions, get noticed, and be a person that people want to be around.Getting Into Personal DevelopmentWe talked about the path that Luke took to go from wondering what to do in life to becoming a top coach in the industry.Luke opened up about his sister’s battle with addiction that led him to focus on personal development and being as perfect as possible to avoid going down that path himself.This seemed like a “good thing” at the time. But, Luke shared about the life changing moment he had at a Tony Robbin’s event that allowed him to understand it a bit better. He realized that he had a lot of personal work to do first in order to succeed in business. Growing up entangled in her struggles as a heroine addict, he held onto a lot of blame, anger and hatred toward. He knew he had to heal and apologize to his family.As difficult as these experiences were, it built his character and empathy that he can apply to working with clients.How To Be A Great CoachLuke shared the difference between coaching and teaching. When teaching we have a script, or prescription of curriculum. When coaching, there are always unique, contextual, individual problems to solve. Coaching is much more about questions than answers. Guiding and supporting people while they craft questions and search for their own answers. Using honesty and transparency to help people figure things out on their own is key to coaching.Any great coach is able to come at life questions from a place of love and compassion. It’s not enough to simply lead, but we need to actually build trust. The coach, client relationship is the foundation, not fear-based, external factorsMake sure your clients are also building on a foundation of relationships, family, and their own health first. Don’t just dive right into their top of pyramid goals. Without the foundation nothing is sustainable.Finally, everyone has strengths. Sometimes life has really crushed their confidence and they feel like they have no skills. But starting with uncovering strengths can have exponential impact at the beginning of a coaching relationship.14 Tips To Use Manifestation To Get What You WantUse your time intentionally.“Create your own luck” by staying true to you and opening your network to helpful people.Don’t just shoot for things like money, understand what will bring you true meaning and vitality.Set the intention and through the ups and downs never stop working at it.You can start for free just by searching for content related to mindset, and manifestation.Follow the blueprints. There are great authors who create for this audience as well, like Joe Dispenza.Cut back, or stop altogether wasting time watching content, news, and social media that doesn’t fuel your mind.Commit one to two hours per day to intentional, focused mindfulness.Reduce physical and mental clutter by minimizing as much as possible.Cut negative influences and people from taking up your energy.If we leave our thoughts in default mode we will always stay the same as yesterday. Nothing will change. So step one is becoming aware, not judging, just being aware of the negative thoughts we have.Become intentional about your beliefs, thoughts, and feelings. Each day get them more in alignment with what you want instead of going through the motions.Then you want to decide what person do you “not want to be”? How does that person think, what do they believe and feel?Now decide “who do you want to be”? As much as you can reflect, in as deep a state as possible on becoming that person. Using what they think, believe, and feel play a movie in your mind of this person. Envision you as the hero in your movie. Do it as much as possible, and as intensely as possible.Memorable Quotes“I’m so sick of seeing all these leaders in the business space who have ruined the rest of their lives. Why can’t we bloody have it all?” “It’s not about being perfect. It’s simply about deciding that you are not neglecting this important area of your life.”“Let your heart out. If you block it then you’ll end up in the wrong places.”“You’ve obsessed over stupid shit, like the things you are not good at, for 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 years of your life. What if instead of obsessing over the things you don’t want, you started obsessing over the things you do want?”Guest BioLuke Page is a mindset and business coach. He helps 6 figure client driven business leaders by teaching them how to develop their mindset, market and sell on social media.His personal philosophy is simple. “Grow a successful business while staying healthy on the inside and out, be a great mum/dad/partner, be a good person and have heaps of fun along the way.”He has a mission to improve the landscape for struggling business owners. And he wants to make sure that people succeed with their career related goals while still building a foundation on what matters most in life.FOLLOW LUKEInstagram - @luke_pageLinkedIn - Luke PageFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
How To Create Meaning And Perspective To Start Building Big Dreams
02-03-2023
How To Create Meaning And Perspective To Start Building Big Dreams
Here’s the bottom line friends in this JKL community, I want you to be excited about your life. No matter how young, or old you are, I want you to be excited about the life that you are creating. The Meaning Of LifeAnd to me, the meaning of life question is “meaning.”And I actually got this from Viktor Frankl, not just a Holocaust survivor, but as crazy as it sounds, thriver. Frankl believed that even in the most difficult and seemingly hopeless situations, individuals can find meaning in their lives. This is because meaning is the number one motivating force in human beings.So What Is Meaning?Frankl wrote that meaning can be found in three ways:Through achievement by setting goals and working towards them.Through relationships by giving and receiving love.Through suffering by transcending challenges and emerging stronger.Now, assume Frankl is right and meaning is the most important thing in our lives. And then look at these three ways to find meaning. Through goals, relationships, and overcoming challenges. All three of these can be achieved through the pursuit of a big dream. Yet, so often when we hear the term Big Dreams we are probably thinking about little kids wishing on a star.**For the full written version of the episode see the transcript. FOLLOW JustinInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesLinkedIn - Justin
Terrance McMahon On Sales, Goalsetting And Turning Life Around
28-02-2023
Terrance McMahon On Sales, Goalsetting And Turning Life Around
Terrance almost died at his rock bottom. He shares this experience and how he bounced back in his incredible TED Talk “From Broken To Beautiful”. Now he helps not only himself, but others live a healthier, wealthier and purposeful life.Terrance shared the main points from his TED Talk “From Broken To Beautiful”. There were so many special moments in his life that were filled with adversity which created the leader that he is. He shared how addiction is less about a disease, or spirituality struggle and more about a need for true connection. Terrance also shared some of his wisdom around the fact that rock bottom can be such a blessing when you realize that up is the only direction left to go.Become Great At SalesTerrance is a very successful business leader and entrepreneur. When asked what one skill he recommends someone new to business should study, he said “definitely sales.”Sales is a skill that we need no matter what our goal is when we are interacting with people. And it’s something that can make a lot of money if you are good at it. Because any business would love to have people who can make more sales.It’s also something you can learn for free. On the internet, with A.I. or through books you can learn the knowledge. And then the way to get great is simply to practice.Terrance shared the key points to remember when we are selling. Like, make sure you have alignment with the product. You must actually believe in what you’re selling. Remember that people buy physiology, emotions and energy, not the information.Think like a doctor when selling. How do doctors work? They ask questions, and then they present a solution as an expert. If you don’t feel comfortable doing this, then you either need more alignment, more knowledge, or more practice.Authenticity is key. You want to be speaking with certainty and conviction even if you are not one hundred percent sure. Be the voice of calm and reason as you take people from hell, with a problem into heaven, with a solution.Turn Your Life AroundTerrance shared how books are super underrated. Not only do they increase our status and knowledge, but books give us the free tools to be able to achieve our goals.He shares a couple of timeless books that will help you turn life around. He also created an incredible offer to give away a book if you have one that you need and can’t afford. One of the really intriguing moments was Terrance sharing the difference between rehabilitation and recreation.We don’t want the ability to rehabilitate ourselves because rehabilitation puts us back to the broken person we were in the first place. Instead, we want to improve our ability to re-create ourselves. How can we actually become a new person? The steps are simple. Explore the world for ways in which your should comes to life. What gives you meaning? Once you find it, acquire the skills it takes to work on this project. And start taking action. Zoom out five years and ask yourself what does success with this look like? You have the ability to choose new paths, new skills and a new life changing domino that can knock the rest of your dominos over. As you start to re-create and reinvent your life a void will appear. Be sure to stay aware of what people, places and things you fill those voids with. Do they map to that new life you want? Decide what tiny actions and habits you need today, that are lined up, like dominos to eventually knock down the big ones.12 Things To Remember When Building Your Own BrandRemember that we learn by copying others. Find the leaders in your space that you are drawn to and see if there are things they do that you would like to model your work after. Over time you will find your original voice, but in the beginning, steal from great role models.Find the map, or blueprint of where you want to go. Someone else has done this, or something similar, so steal their knowledge, wisdom and apply it to your experience.Build authority and social proof right away and don’t stop. Focus on solving problems for people in this niche day in and day out. Think of it like building a reputation.Create content to start practicing and sharing that you are a leader in this space. Don’t wait until the end to document the whole process. Be sure and show the building and come up that you are on from the beginning.From this plan, create some mini habits that are the small dominos you can start knocking over right away.Don’t take on huge changes, just little habits that keep you aligned with the purpose you feel.Decide on the tools that you will need to be successful and start acquiring as many as you can.Learn to focus on one thing at a time by evaluating your priorities. If something yields a greater return for your success then you should focus your time and energy there.Learn and then practice the skills that you need to achieve your goal.Find a guide that has been there before and who can help support you and keep you pointed in the right direction while you work your way along the journey.Once you have a vision and direction, make the decision to be the new person you want to be. How does that person walk, talk and act? Who do they hang around with? What do they eat and how do they live?Focus on being resourceful, instead of worrying about what you don’t have, focus on what you can get access to.Always believe in the product, or service you offer because it’s important that you speak with conviction to ensure that your solution is helping the right people.Memorable Quotes“We don’t have an unlimited amount of shots we can take in life, we probably have four or five good ones.”“If you wake up five years from now and you’ve accomplished something that woke up your sole and woke everybody else up in the process, what did you do?”“Once you get started you’re halfway done.”“Don’t try for massive change right away. Line up one small domino and build momentum. Want to get in shape? Don’t go to the gym everyday, do one pushup. Want to eat healthy? Don’t go on a super strict diet, just eliminate coke.”“The bamboo tree grows under ground for five years before it shows any signs of life and then it comes out of nowhere and shoots up eighty feet in two or three weeks.”Guest BioTerrance McMahon is a business leader and entrepreneur. He is the author of four books, including the best-seller Superhero Self: How To Recover From Anything. His TEDx Talk, Broken to Beautiful: An Algorithm to Recreate Yourself, has over 100,00 views. His podcast has over 500 5-star reviews. He is also the founder of the Re-Create App.In 2016, Terrance McMahon was sitting in a hospital room dying from liver failure. Doctors said he had 90 days to live and that his chances of finding a match for a liver transplant in time were slim. So slim that it wasn’t until the end of his 90-day death sentence that a liver from a young prisoner in Alabama was deemed a match.Given a second chance at life, Terrance decided to recreate himself from a multi-millionaire morbidly obese, alcoholic CEO to a healthy and sober business coach, speaker, podcaster, bestselling author, and mentor. Today, he’s living the life he’s always dreamed of — and he’s doing it while helping others and on his time. FOLLOW TERRANCEInstagram - @Terrance.mcmahonTikTok -@terrancemcmahonFacebook -terrancemcmahonbrandsWebsite - Terrancemcmahon.comFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
Alex Fasulo On  Being An Influencer, How To Build A Freelance Business And Life Lessons
24-02-2023
Alex Fasulo On  Being An Influencer, How To Build A Freelance Business And Life Lessons
The Importance Of Owning Your LifeAlex shares how she was always a bit of a troublemaker. She was never rude, or ignorant, but found herself pushing back against authority in day to day life. Whether it was toward a teacher as a child, or a boss, she always wanted to do things her own way. For this reason she didn’t really excel in school, or as an employee.But for all of the challenges she faced in the institution of school, or work, she always remained a life long learner and has a ton of great skills that serve her well as an entrepreneur. Something that stood out from our conversation was how Alex made peace with the fact that she would make a low to mid level income as a writer, but that would be great because she liked to write. This shows the importance of choosing careers we love. And it also shows that if you do good work, with a bit of luck and persistence, the money will follow.From $0 to Half A Million As A FreelancerAlex is a big believer in owning your time and energy. She tried a whole bunch of different freelance ideas when she first decided that becoming a business owner was her path.Since then she has learned to write effectively, teach, build engaged social media communities and create effective money making, freelance companies.MSNBC featured her in an article titled “This 28-year-old earns $378,000 a year on Fiverr—and just bought a car for $50,000 in cash”.She has scaled her business life to millions of dollars by learning to hire people, develop a CEO mindset, and create multiple revenue streams instead of exchanging time for money. We talked about a few of the strengths Alex has as a business leader, like scaling her team and onboarding people she can trust. We also learned of the struggles she has with staying focused and why surrounding herself with the right people helps to overcome the things she feels are areas of growth.Becoming A Full-Time Entrepreneur As A WriterWe got to hear all about her love for writing. How that love became the side hustle and future business that made the most sense. But, also how that love made it quite simple to create her first book. Alex has a book agent and Wiley is her current publisher. She talks about what it was like writing her first one and how many ideas she has for the next twenty!Alex shares all about the current state of Freelancing.  She explains how simple and basic it was when she started, compared to today as the industry continues to expand.Finally, she was kind enough to share a few steps from her book that explain how anyone can get started in the world of freelance. 14 Tips For Being A Successful FreelancerStart journaling ideas as it relates to problems you see in the world and skills that you have that can solve those problems. Think about interests, strengths and dreams you have that you might be able to connect to a freelancing service.Remember that freelancing is by no means saturated. There will always be opportunities for good people who do efficient and effective work.Create a mind-map, or brainstorm on a paper your strengths, interests and skills that you are better than other people at, or things that you would like to learn, that if you were to get good at them you could use them to bring value to other people, or businesses. Know the values and personal goals that you have for your freelancing journey. They can evolve over time, but knowing what you stand for is important when making decisions about what jobs to take, how to price, and how much, or how little to scale.Once you have a few possible ideas do some initial research on the existing freelance marketplaces for all of the job postings that exist. Write down two, or three top categories that you think you might like to work in and then take a deeper dive.Don’t pick a skill for the sole fact that you will make money. There are enough skills to choose from that you can choose something that will make money, but is also something that you enjoy getting out of bed to do. This way you will be able to work through any plateaus and roadblocks.Once you have it narrowed down to a couple of ideas, for example coding and blog writing, spend time looking at the current postings and niches. Examine the top freelancers, their prices, copywriting and profiles. Create your own professional profile and start by posting one or two jobs in the marketplace. At first it’s all about getting experience. Book your first few jobs, impress the clients by over delivering and start getting some great reviews.Continue to learn what you like and don’t like about the chose category and either tweak, pivot, or keep going.Once you feel a bit established in a category learn to grow your audience and improve your marketing, advertising and sales as you become a more and more established business owner. Build a trustworthy brand. Treat your profile as, or more important than a resume. And be professional, deliver things on time according to the specifications promised. Remember that it's fun to start, but there will likely be moments you want to give up. That is where so many people drop off, but if it’s important to you, keep going, keep learning, make adjustments and ask for help.If all else fails, or you really want to have all of your bases covered, check out Alex’s book and Free Facebook Group where you can learn all about becoming a great freelancer yourself. Memorable Quotes“I am really passionate about wanting people to know they have options in life.”“I’m a big fan of wanting to control how I spend my own time.”“Start posting. What’s meant for you won’t find you if you’re just in the shadows all the time.”“There isn’t one right way to do this. They can all work, but that’s why it’s so important to have a valuable why and know your personal reasons for building business.”“I see A.I. automating so much of our work that we can get up to 75% of our time back and it’s amazing to think what we could do with that time.”“Freelancing is simple. It’s not easy, you’ll have to put in the work, but it is simple and well worth it.”Guest BioAlex quit her corporate job at 22 in 2015. She had no plan, money, or idea what she was going to do. She had been selling $5 editing services on Fiverr at the time for side cash. This led to a breakthrough when she started to wonder if that very site could support her full-time? Fast-forward three-months and Alex was making enough as a freelance writer on Fiverr to afford her bills in Brooklyn, New York. Obsessed with the potential of not having to go back into an office and work for a boss, Alex doubled down on the marketplace and three-years-later, was featured for the first time on CNBC Make It as a ‘25-year-old who made $150,000 in 6-months.’She released her first ebook ‘How I Made 6 Figures in 6 Months on Fiverr’ later that year, going onto shift her social media profiles to a freelancer-focus. Her social media accounts and personal brand grew quickly. She has a million followers across her profiles and an incredibly engaged group of Facebook. Alex is a full-time freelance content creator and educator who is passionate about showing every single person they deserve to live a life free from woes about work.Having achieved financial freedom in her 20s, Alex is on a mission to show everyone that the most valuable thing a person can do today is own their income streams.FOLLOW ALEXInstagram -@AlexandrafasuloYoutube -Alex YTTikTok -@alexfasulobizWebsite - Alex FasuloFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
Stephen Lovegrove On Overcoming Adversity, Life Coaching, And Goalsetting
15-02-2023
Stephen Lovegrove On Overcoming Adversity, Life Coaching, And Goalsetting
Stephen is nicknamed “America’s Life Coach”. His own discovery and building of self-awareness led him to the field of coaching others. Now he is one of the most powerful coaches in the world. Beyond working with clients he creates incredible content and shares free information that can help anyone reinvent their life.We talked for a while about growing up in a cult, breaking free to build his own future, goal setting and what it takes to be a successful life coach.Overcoming Adversity Growing Up In A CultStephen shared the incredibly challenging life experience he had growing up in a religious cult. It was tough because he was faced with internal conflict at twelve years old as he was learning what it meant to be gay. But even more challenging, is what it meant to be gay within this religious context.It’s an understatement to say that he environment he was growing up in was not at all supportive. In fact this led to him being kicked out of his childhood home.He shares about this challenging period in life where coming out to friends and family did not feel like it was in the realm of possibility at the time. One of the cool moments of our chat was Stephen sharing how all of us have things that we just intrinsically feel are impossible. We should explore those often because in all likelihood they are possible. Living A Life Of CompassionStephen is not against specific people or groups of people. He is against the idea that we must put people at odds with each other based on ideology. If people believe things differently from you, it does not mean they are wrong. It doesn’t not make them evil, and it does not mean something is wrong with themWe talked about this idea of being much more compassionate. Not necessarily accepting the things that people do. But understanding that people don’t just choose to be a certain way.  Everything a person is choosing makes sense, on some level, in their brain. Given the same circumstances and experiences, we would be in a similar position ourselves.Instead of always seeking, or debating absolute, right answers based on certainty, we should approach beliefs as possibilities. We should approach any debate with an open mind and an open heart. What Is The Goodlife?Being obsessed with the classic big questions has been a big part of Stephen’s life. “Why are we here? What is life for? Why do bad things happen to good people? Etc.”Much of our conversation was about topics of philosophy, spirituality, and psychology, Simply put, sometimes there are no answers to life’s greatest questions. Some things require unknowns and mystery, and that’s ok.Make The World Your Greatest TeacherWe talked a bit about learning growing up. Stephen shared that he loved to learn, but not necessarily school. He shared how he started enjoying formal education more once he decide to take learning and school and make it his own. He would create his own assignments, or get permission to do things that were different than what the teacher had assigned.This is similar to how we should approach life and goal setting. If we want to learn something, or we want to head in a new direction, all of the information exists already.We need to be the driver. We should choose what we want our next step to be. In order to live with alignment, you will have your own unique, current truth. Lean into learning about that direction, not stories from the past.It was really powerful when Stephen shared his tips on being a life coach. Not only are these tips for coaches, but they will help anyone trying to better their own life too.11 Tips For Life Coaching & GoalsettingRead the prosperous coach by Rich Litvin & Steve Chandler.Coaching has a low bar for entry and a high bar for success, be the person willing to meet that high bar.Always meet people and do work with them in the present, calm, mindful moment.Don’t let your sales, or marketing outperform your coaching. The coaching needs to measure up or be better than the ability to sell it. Stay connected to the needs and experiences of your clients because they evolve, shift and circumstances change.Coaching can be a rewarding and lucrative career, but only if you really want to build with integrity and values. Hold yourself accountable to serve from your heart and integrity to clear that high bar of success and you’ll do fine. You shouldn’t have unhappy clients because you should build your business on a strong foundation and the values of coaching itself, not the money. Don’t worry, or stress about the negativity of the industry. There will be bad coaches out there. It does not have anything to do with you. Be on your own journey. Focus on your improvement and your client’s goals.Decide to be grounded in doing work that you truly believe in, that is uniquely you, not just copying what other people do. Let others hold you accountable. Have a coaching relationship yourself. Be sure to always be a client yourself, no matter how much success you achieve.Be a lifelong learner when it comes to the craft of coaching and never stop working on yourself.Memorable Quotes“One of the greatest gifts in life is being exposed to someone else’s experience and perspective that is different than our own and that is always available to us.”“It doesn’t work to build a life only out of the things you don’t want. There has to be a vision in front of you that pulls you forward.”“There are always insights waiting in the questions, what do you really want and what part of you doesn’t want it?”“Most of our loyalty, relationship struggles are not about the person, but the identity and belief. It’s not so much about the externals of cutting people off, because often times those ideas stick around. It’s about on an inner level making sure you can fully step into the new.”“The biggest challenge, but often the biggest miracle is seeing yourself in a new way.” “The biggest thing was releasing the idea that I needed to prove something.”Guest BioAmerica’s Life Coach, Stephen Lovegrove is one of the fastest-growing names in personal development. After a traumatic childhood as a gay child in a fundamentalist cult, Stephen restarted his life and created the life and business of his dreams. Author of the international bestseller, “How to Find Yourself, Love Yourself, and Be Yourself: The Secret Instruction Manual for Being Human,” Stephen now supports entrepreneurs and entertainers in changing their lives from the inside out.From Billboard chart toppers to household name CEOs to national television stars, Stephen is the go-to coach for influential people who need something to shift - and shift NOW. With millions of fans globally on social media and repeatedly ranking as the number one life coach on Instagram, Stephen is a prolific media personality, featured in all of the major news and media outlets.FOLLOW STEPHENInstagram - @drlovegroveTwitter - @drlovegroveWebsite - stephenlovegroveFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!
Marley Jaxx On Business, Content Creation And Success While Living With Cancer
06-02-2023
Marley Jaxx On Business, Content Creation And Success While Living With Cancer
Marley uses the hashtag "Get Jaxxed " when it comes to challenging her audience to build a bigger brand. It’s a brilliant catchphrase, that shows her powerful skillset in language and marketing.It’s definitely a great summary of her own brand too.Her current business is a joint venture with her husband, Steve, called "Youtube Lead Machine". They specialize in helping clients create organic youtube content that turns into leads for their business, while growing their authority.Figure Out Your Dreams And GoalsMarley explains how turning your passions and interests into a career, or at least part of a career, like a side hustle is very realistic. But, it needs to start with organic, intrinsic pursuits so that you actually love it. Be sure to connect things you are good at, to what you enjoy and make sure that people need, or want it.We talked about the fact that every person has a different path to success. Some people might want to go very niche with their content, some may want to stay a little broader and others somewhere in between. Or, some of us might not even know yet.Overcoming Adversity On The JourneyThe name ‘Jaxx’ actually means someone who can overcome any obstacle that comes their way. One of the ways she overcomes obstacles and achieves her goals is something she learned from Tony Robbins. The life lesson that had the greatest impact on Marley was learning that if you change the story you tell yourself, then you’ll be able to shift toward the life you want.The idea of “Be, Do, Have” is a mental framework for success that Marley leans on. She explained that we need to be the type of person who would achieve the things we want to have. We need to be that type of person first. Then we do the things that person does and finally, we will receive what that person gets. But it first starts with defining our identity. Deciding who we are. Fighting The Money MonsterMany of us, maybe even most of us grow up with confusion around money. Marley was no different. She talks about getting more and more comfortable with the value and positive aspects of money.She shares about overcoming money blocks, understanding how to make more, getting more comfortable earning more, charging more, and also spending more.Money is simply a “thank you” for the value we receive, and we should think about our investments this way as well. We should not be scared to make investments in life. Instead of asking “what is the cost of this?” Ask, “What is the cost of not doing this?” It may just be that not spending the money would be worse.Finding Balance And FlowMarley works hard. But more impressive is her ability to play hard, and relax as well. We talked about the importance of work, life, and creative balance. She shares how her goal is a state of flow in life. Can we maintain focus on what our passion currently is, while not overdoing it and burning out?Not getting caught up in the “have to-do’s” but rather maintaining focus on the get-to-do’s” is a key to life.As always, we talked about a bunch of fun topics; school; learning for the sake of accomplishing grades and passing tests, vs learning for enjoyment; learning how to learn; divorce, cancer, wellness, grief and creating impact in the time we have on earth.Tips On Entrepreneurship At it’s core business is all about relationships, networking and exchanges of value for an agreed upon compensation, whether in partnerships, or in client deals and customers.Your success all starts with identity, habits and routines. Who are you, who do you want to be and how do those people act, what do they do?Take yourself to attractive character school (how to create simple, but effective setups for the best quality video creation, how to stand for the brand values that are true to you, how to speak, on camera, or off camera, crafting a message, how to deliver the message in a way that people want to hear more.)Learn how to live in the moment and enjoy the process of creating your hobby, side hustle, or career. Find excitement in figuring out the path, as opposed to the attainment of the goal.Study the routines, steps and habits of people who have achieved similar goals already. Create as the unique person you are, but decide what can you steal from them that will help you on your journey.Choose mentors that already have the thing that you want, whether it’s an accomplishment in the industry or a lifestyle you would like. Learn from them, but also start teaching others to give back. As far as business systems go, it’s always specific to the situation, but overall, it’s a matter of creating content that is compelling and attracts an audience. Then, generate leads, nurture and support those leads, and a certain percentage will become customers. Fulfill your promise to them, possibly upsell and resell to your best clients by providing more of what they need.Never try to be someone else. There is so much noise out there we could be tempted to copy someone, but you need to stay true to yourself. Don’t get distracted by other things you could do. Focus on the things you need to do to be authentically you.Build trust. Customers make purchase decisions on how much they trust a company or person. People will also be more likely to build collaborative ventures alongside you if there is a foundation of trust. When we make a mistake in our business and are unable to fulfill a promise for our customers that is up to our standards, effective communication can save the relationship. Have your heart and values in the right place, and be willing to listen, apologize, and offer various solutions. It’s an individual decision, but if you want to be able to reach the maximum people and impact then you will have to start building a team. Build a culture of collaborative, extreme ownership within your team. Hold each other accountable and speak openly about failures, but also celebrate the wins and shout people out for doing great things to reinforce positive progress and effort.Put constant, never ending energy into continuing to improve your ability to solve problems for your clients.Memorable Quotes“One of the best things ever, is being able to find your passion and learn to monetize it, without losing the passion and reasons for why you loved it in the first place.”“How lucky are we today that we can literally turn our hobby into million dollar businesses?”“You are not going to attract what you want, you are going to attract what comes with who you are.”“There is always something we can learn, even if it is learning what not to do.”“New level, new devil.”“Commitment doesn’t care how you feel.”Guest BioCEO of Jaxx Productions, and Youtube Lead Machine, Marley has 15 years of experience in the field of content marketing and video production. She is also a highly acclaimed business acceleration coach, speaker and course creator.From the pages of Forbes to the mainstage at Funnel Hacking Live, Marley works with her clients to discover the power of implementing an Infinite Cashflow System inside each of their businesses, built on effortless high-ticket customer ascension.In other words, she helps people create content that reaches a target audience effectively, educates them on why they should be a customer, nurtures them to appreciate the solution they are missing, and become a client that has a big, mutual benefit for the business owner and customer to grow the business.Marley’s roster of clients includes such legendary thought leaders as Cristy Code Red, Alex Charfen, Daymond John, and Stephen Larsen. She’s also shared the stage alongside Russell Brunson, Tony Robbins, Tom Bilyeu, and Frank Kern.Follow MarleyLinkedIn - marleyjaxxInstagram - @marleyjaxxYouTube - @MarleyJaxxWebsite - Marleyjaxx.comFOLLOW JUSTIN (JustTries)Website - JustTriesHOMEInstagram - @JustTriesYouTube - Just TriesTwitter - @JustTries_Tiktok -  @justtriesPinterest - JustTriesFacebook - Just TriesCONNECT WITH JUST KEEP LEARNINGWebsite - JKLHOMEInstagram - @JustKeepLearning.CaTiktok -  @justkeeplearning.caFacebook - Just Keep LearningFree Group - JKL Goal Setting CommunityWe appreciate you being here! Be sure to leave the podcast, “Just Keep Learning” ratings and reviews because it will help people who need it be better able to find it. Also, if you want a shoutout, simply share an image of the episode, you listening, or your takeaways and share it @JustTries anywhere on social!