Thriving Entrepreneur

For the entrepreneur over 35, meaning not a millenial, there can be a substantial gap in how we use the technology that is available to use to serve us.  By understanding how technology can improve the quality of our lives and out business we can then remove fear and hatred and begin to understand how tools like WordPress can help use grow our businesss.  With this understanding comes an ease that allows our business to take a monumental leap in our ability to reach and serve our customers more effectively This episode is important to all business owners to help them have the maximum impact with their business.  Listen in as life long technology superstar Tom Moline joins host Steve Kidd to help Simplify Technology for you today on Thriving Entrepreneur  

Begin this year with inspiration Join Steve and his special guest Ernie Villanueva as they share with you the secrets to being truly motivated in your life and your business As a business owners we often find ourselves feeling less than impactful in what we are doing. This is usually a sign that we need some inspiration.  So today no matter what last year was, no matter what yesterday was, no matter what has been it is time to get wired fired and inspired so that you can be a Thriving Entrepreneur

Today is the new beginning!  For some people listening live this show is marking the end of and old year and the beginning of a new.  But no matter when you are listening. today!  Right Now!  Marks the beginning of a new and better life for you.  Each and every day from here on out is going to be better.  Why?  Because as of this moment you are going to know that you are not accident, you have a purpose! Steve is going to show you 4 things on this episode Now is your time to celebrate You are awesome You have a purpose You need to share you with the world You need to share the mesage you have inside of you.  The world need to hear your struggles and your victories Listen in as Steve breaths life, hope, joy and even peace into your life and your year on Thriving Entrepreneur

Have you tried positive affirmation and felt like they didnt work?  If you dont believe the "mantra" you are repeating, does it happen? OR does your mind reject it because it doesnt believe it. On the other hand when we ask a question our mind begins to try to find an answer. Then you need to learn to be sure to ask questions that help you go the direction you are heading.  if we ask ourselves what am I broke, why am I so fat or other negative questions our mind looks for the answer. And in finding the answer we create the negative outcome we have been asking ourselves.   But what if we asked better questions? If you ask, Why am i so rich?  What answer would you mind look fro then To help us understand this host Steve Kidd is joined by the writer of the book Afformations.  He helps us learn how to live a stress-free life with more time, energy and money as well as better relationships simply by asking the right questions

Parisjat Umsheid, Vanessa Smith, Jacqueline Shaulis, and Jasmine Alexander help you achieve and embrace your best life today on Thriving Entrepreneur   We are so excited to celebrate our next batch of best sellers from 4 amazing women with incredible stories to share   First Parisjat Umsheid tells us about her book Find YOUR Inner Ninja where she shares how we can embrace our inner ninja and learn to not wait and go for it!.  She shares her very personal story and invites you to take her new journey with her as she attempts to be the next American Ninja Warrior   Then Vanessa Smith talks about her story Kingdom Treasures The Fathers Love for His Daughters and how she learned how God is the father who never lets us down.  Through her journey she was able to release herself and forgive   Jacqueline Shaulis shares with you the simple truth that YOU ARE AWESOME and show you in her book Embrace Your Awesome that you need to let go of limiting beliefs and embrace how magnificent, special and needed you are

We all need to know how to communicate effectively.  The #1 key to this is emotional literacy. We need to have the ability to express and handle our emotions, especially the difficult ones, so that we can respond in a mature manner.   This is a skill most people dont learn growing up.  In fact many adults still dont know how to handle their difficult emotions.  But it is key to being a genuine and effective functioning member of society that  we all learn the art of expressing our feelings and communicate our needs in a manner that creates a dialog and productive outcome rather than a confrontation and struggle Steve is excited to share with you Master Facilitator and the director of the Mottivating the Masses division Motivating the Teen Spirit Tia Ross.  Tia has helped teens for over 17 years learn how to have emotional intellegience and be emotionally literate.  This is a great episode to listen to with your teens.  But even if you dont have a teen in your house this eposode will help you in ways you can

Your business needs to be connectied to your target market on social media.  Each social media platform has a flavor.  You need to know what each of these platforms will do for you and your business.  When it comes to creating business to business connections the best platform for this is Linkedin Linkedin is a professional social media platform that allows you to specifically connect business to business.  Facebook is a good place to connect your business to everyone.  Twitter is a good place to connect your message to everyone.  YouTube is a good place to bring your message to video. You may be using some of these plaforms, but often Linkedin is overlooked.  in fact when you start using Linkedin you will find that it is best place for your company to reach the company leaders that you want to serve.  Steve is joined by one of the top Linkedin connectors and trainers Mike Shelah to help you learn how to really reach the clients you are trying to reach. Find out how to increase your reach with Linkedin tod

Are you looking for a way to start the conversation with your audience? You know what you have to share is impactful and can help people if you can just get your message out.  One of the easiest ways to do this is by being a guest on a podcast.  Most podcast hosts are looking for guests for their show.  They need someone who can talk with passion about a subject. You have the passion for what you do you want to share it with the world.  There are over 180,000 podcasts you could share your message on So what does it take to be a good podcast guest?  Here are the 6 simple steps to sharing your message with the world and use this sharing to engage with your audience Decide -Who do you want to talk toAnswer the question - Why am I am expert or what am I an expert atGet on a podcastShare your messageGive the listener a reason to be a visitor to your siteAnd then further engagement with these people   get all of todays information at Tmschwab.com/thriving

Being open and sharing yourself with your close personal friends is what helps you develop your voice.  From this open and honest communication comes the courage and the strength to share the life you have come through and where you are going.  people need to know out stories - they are waiting for us to share.  Someones breakthrough is contained in what you know and what you have to share.  But first you need to get it out.  First you need people you trust that you can share your deepest "stuff" with/ from this sharing comes a release and a clarity that then gives you the ability to share your story and help another person

Are you a good writer?  Do you question your writing ability?  I am here to tell you that you ARE a good writer.  You have a message that only you can tell.  The world needs to hear your message.  So now it is time to write.  What you need is to believe in yourself, understand you are enough and then take the time to write! As you put down your message you may question it but I guarantee that there is someone waiting right now to hear what you have to say Steve is joined today by Morgan Gist McDonald owner of Paper Raven Books to talk with us about Good Writing.  Not a critique of whether or not your writing is good but rather skills to be able to get your message down so that people can read it

If you have a business today then you know you need to have an online presence.  You need to represent yourself and your company on social media.   And you need an impactful website. It starts off with the basics.  Does your site look nice?  Is it mobile friendly?  Have you don’t things like search engine optimization so that people can find you online?  For some of you just that is more than you can handle and more than you understand. For others you have all of the basics but you need to now know how to keep people to come to your website and Facebook page.  More importantly you need those visitors to become customers Listen today as host Steve Kidd is joined by guest Lindsey Anderson, known as One Click Lindsey as they unravel some of the mystery and help you have a better online presence on Thriving Entrepreneur

You may have heard other business owners complain and working with Millennials.  There is a pretty commonly accepted thought that you should not hire Millennials to work in your company.  But what if you are missing out?  What if the very thing your company needs to grow is contained in the brain of someone you are dismissing just because of their age. We wouldnt do that with older employees, so why do we fall into the trap of not hiring them? First off you have to understand that a Millennial is anyone between the ages of 15 and 35.  That is a pretty huge range to lump altogher.  Next we need to take into account all the things the younger generation has grown up with.  Simple things like the microwave and cell phone are as common as breathing for them.  And on the other hand people under a certain age have never walked all the way up to the terminal to meet someone flying into an airport. Before we abandon a whole generation (again 15-35!!) lets take a look at the misconceptions.  What a Millennial can br

Many people you know and respect are introverts. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, and Abraham Lincoln just to name a few.  Introverts aren’t shy or social awkward.  They just simply need to learn that group situations and especially all of the noise is draining to them.  When an introvert learns the skills to network on purpose rather than meeting the whole room and doing things that will revitalize them an introvert can be an unstoppable force business. To all the introverts in the world who know they can serve the world in a bigger way and are scared to death of what it means.  You can and will do it with grace and ease  Host Steve Kidd is joined by guest Val Neighbors. Val shares her life experiences as well as her successes.  Even though she thought for a good portion of her life she was an extravert.  You will learn how to maximize business opportunities and soon see that as an introvert you are uniquley built to be a powerful, effective and very successful business owner.  Today on Thriving Entrepreneur 

Who you are what you were made to do and be is something you need to share with the world.  The unique gift inside of you was given to you to make a world a better place.  it is not about you.  Your gifts your talents your experience are meant to be shared Are you sharing you? As a business persont the first thing we need to be clear on is what do we have to share, what is our message and who should it be shared with.  The first thing to do in branding and marketing yourself and your business is to know your message and then have a plan for sharing it with the world First step a book.  Not just any book but an Amazon Best Seller. This gives you the recognition and establishes you as an authority in your industry Today Kathy Kidd joins Steve Kidd to talk to you about no longer being the best kept secret.  They will inspire and encourage you to share your message with the world on Thriving Entrepreneur

Are you living your life by choice or by chance? You can design a life of possibilities rather than limitations On todays episode we will help you learn  How you can live a life of possibility rather than limitationWhen a possibility shows upSetting your mind and applying yourselfLimitation and expansion come from withinHow you recognize new possibilities in your lifeHow your mindset makes all a difference in what you create  AND SO MUCH MORE!!! Dr Karen Jacobson joins host Steve Kidd today on Thriving Entrepreneur to talk about living your life by choice NOT by chance

What story do you have about money?  Is there enough?  is there never enough?  Are you good with money or are you bad with money? These stories start in childhood and have shaped the way we handle our money.  Our stories have influences where we currently are financially.  But it doesnt have to stay that way! You can look at the messages you have been telling yourself; Recognize them, express the feelings this creates and then release and replace these messages with a new story that will serve you better Special guest Joan Sotkin joins host Steve Kidd on this episode of Thriving Entrepreneur to help us identify and replace our current money stories with health ones that will serve us

We are so excited to celebrate the book launches of our 1st 3 business leasers and their new soon to be best-selling books   First up Shade Y Adu share that You Are Enough: The Branding Guide for Accelerating Your Expertise and Your Profit  this book will help you learn that you are an expert and help you learn how to share your expertise with the world   Then Dr Missy Johnson shares the revelations she has come through as a part of her 2 near death experiences in No Longer Silent: Learning How to Amplify Your Soul Song   Lastly Dr Carol Parker Walsh will help you embrace your style with Second Act: Styling You From the Inside Out where you can learn how to grow on the inside and look/feel better on the outside   Listen in as host Steve Kidd interviews this amazing women right after their book writing session that produced these book and learn how you can be the next best selling author on Thriving Entrepreneur

The key to "Winning":at life and business is not about beating the competition but rather about creating and environment where not only you but everyone who works with you, Staff, Team Members, Employees, Contractors, Clients and yes even FAMILY are all being fulfilled in what they do.  When we promote a culture of bring out the best in others, then everyone truly wins.  When we enjoy our lives and have a business that is a part of that we are the real winners Trust comes from open, honest communication.  There has never been a CEO that was open and honest with their team that didnt find that from sharing the truth and making everyone part of the solution that everyone profited True success is not just about making money it is about being profitable AND  about creating teams that are set up to succeed Host Steve Kidd is joined by CEO, business owner and entrepeneur John Murphy of John Murphy International to help us all see the benefit in our life and in our business of Working Together on this episo

Are you successful?  But are you significant. Often in our pursuit of success we sacrifice the very things we are trying to succeed for.  What if you reach all of your career goals and have no one to share it with?  Is that worth it? On this episode of Thriving Entrepreneur host Steve Kidd is joined by the creator of the View From the Top coaching program  Aaron Walker  to talk about how to be successful and significant.   Learn how to not sacrifice your life and those you love on the road to success

Are you weird and wired wrong or do you just simply have an entrepreneurial personality type.  Find out by listening to special guest Alex Charfen on Thriving Entrepreneur How many times have you been told you are flighty or not focused?  How often have you just been able to see the solution to a problem?  How much do you strive to contribute in all that you do in life, to have it be about more than just the money you make but for it to be about the difference the contribution you are making All of these are signs that you may have an entrepreneurial personality.  What the world in general may call ADHD or bi-polar may just simply be you living your life as a Thriving Entrepreneur.  Now I know this concept is radical but I encourage you to listen as special guest Alex Charfen shares with host Steve Kidd what it means to have an entrepreneurial personality and how you can THRIVE when you embrace it is simply who you are.  Today on Thriving Entrepreneur