Screw The Naysayers Podcast

This episode is part of a new mini-series on Screw the Naysayers that features returning guests who focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success.  Steve Anderson is an Entrepreneur, a trusted authority on Risk Management, a Futurist, and a public speaker. Steve is also the author of The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grow Your Business Like Amazon which we spoke about at length in episode 171 of Screw the Naysayers. His speaking portfolio includes presentations on the future of technology, the influence of social platforms, how businesses can leverage the internet, and how they can assess and use risk to their advantage. Steve was chosen as one of the original 150 LinkedIn Influencers and has over 340,000 followers. With over thirty-five years of experience in the insurance industry, Steve is a Futurist and trusted authority on Risk Management.

Zack is the Founder & CEO of Make Lemonade, a highly successful entrepreneur, and he’s the author of THE LEMONADE LIFE, which Zack and I spoke about in depth on Episode 158 of Screw the Naysayers. It’s an awesome book folks, I highly recommend it. Zack appears regularly on television and radio and more than 40 million of us have read his advice in Forbes.  This episode is the first in a new series on Screw the Naysayers that features returning guests that focus specifically on providing practical advice and tips to help us navigate challenging times and position ourselves for future success. The series is titled “It’s Your Time To Shine.” You can reach Zack on Social Media at @zackafriedman

Bill is the Chief Encouragement Officer at Giant Leap Consulting, a writer, speaker, and consultant who’s on a mission to build workplace courage.  Bill is the originator of a new organizational development practice of courage-building, and the author of Courageous Leadership: A Program for Using Courage to Transform the Workplace. The program has been taught in eleven countries since its launch in 2011. Bill is also the author of the international bestseller "Courage Goes to Work: How to Build Backbones, Boost Performance, and Get Results," published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers, and numerous other bestselling and award-winning leadership books.  Bill’s insights about courage and risk-taking have been featured in over 100 newspapers and magazines, including the Washington Post, NY Daily News, Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Boston Herald, Woman’s Day, Redbook, Fitness, and The Harvard Management Update. Bill is also a past member of the U.S. High Diving Team. In this episode Bill: Explai

Lance Essihos is host of the University of Adversity Podcast and founder of MicUp Podcast Productions. His podcast is aptly named, because Lance knows what it’s like to face adversity. In his words, his fife was good until it wasn't.  Lance had a passion for hockey and had been a star player who stood out with great talent; ahead of the other kids his age. He played on all the top teams in world-class tournaments. Slowly, the competition caught up with him. By the age of 20, the pressure led him to look for ways to stay competitive. Steroids immediately ended his career, and the devastation began. That was followed with dead end jobs, drinking, drugs and partying into a state of depression and anxiety. Lance continued the party across Europe and into Australia bartending in some of the best hotels and restaurants. He was working hard all day, partying all night and still in a very dark place. That's when he got a call and was told that his younger brother had taken his own life. As fate would have it Lance’s

John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE. With over 2000 episodes, 1 million + listens a month, and seven-figures of annual revenue JLD is one of the most recognized names in the podcasting industry. This interview is a fast 15 minutes but packed full of advice for entrepreneurs and wannabe entrepreneurs. In this episode JLD: Talked about his transition from corporate sales to entrepreneurship Says that before he started EOF people thought he was kind of a lazy guy Shares that his first money making venture was an epic failure And lets us in on the strategies he used to turn EOF into such a massive success JLD has a unique ability to craft succinct answers to big questions. He is the master of a 15 minute interview.  Enjoy… You can reach JLD at: Website: https://www.eofire.com/ Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection

Jack Canfield, known as America's #1 Success Coach, is the co-author of more than 200 books including, The Success Principles™: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be, and the Chicken Soup for the Soul® series, which includes an astonishing 40 New York Times bestsellers and has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages around the world. Jack is a featured teacher in the movie The Secret, and has appeared on more than a thousand radio and TV shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show, Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday, the Today show, Fox & Friends, and Larry King Live. He has conducted live training for more than a million people in more than 50 countries around the world. He holds two Guinness World Record titles and is a member of the National Speakers Association’s Speaker Hall of Fame. Jack joined me to discuss his new book The Success Principles Workbook. Our discussion was framed around the challenging times we’re all dealing with these days. Spend the next 45 minutes listening to Jack

Michael Hyatt is the chief executive officer and founder of Michael Hyatt & Company. He has scaled multiple companies over the years, including a $250M publishing company with 700-plus employees and his own leadership development company that has grown over 60% year over year for the past four years. Under his leadership, Michael Hyatt & Company has been featured in the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America for three years in a row. He is also the author of several New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling books, including Platform, Living Forward, Your Best Year Ever, and Free to Focus. He's living The Double Win with his wife of forty-plus years, five daughters, and nine grandchildren. Michael joined me today to discuss his new book Vision Driven Leader. In this episode Michael: Says that if the vision is compelling enough, people will apply their best thinking and efforts to figure things out (he uses the example of John F. Kennedy’s vision to put a man o

In this episode of Tim Talks, Tim explains why he believes that we all have what it takes to persevere during tough times. He starts by sharing short stories from his interviews with three previous guests- Marcus Aurelius Anderson, Tasha Schuh, and J.T. McCormick. Then he uses his own story (where he reveals a couple of embarrassing truths) to highlight the fact that perseverance can be an acquired trait. 

Oleg Lougheed is the Host of the Overcoming Odds Podcast, The Genius Within Podcast, a TedX Speaker, and Executive Director of Overcoming Odds. Born in Russia Oleg doesn't have many memories from attending school, but he learned early on what alcoholism is, what starvation feels like, and what sacrifice means. Living without a father and with an alcoholic mother forced Oleg to make difficult decisions at an early age in order to survive. He stole food and slept on the street. In 2005, was adopted into a new family, moved to the United States, and started a new life.  Today Oleg is on a mission to help others who have overcome unique life circumstances live a life they've always dreamed of, despite their hardships and misfortunes. In this episode Oleg: Shares what it felt like to give up pieces of himself, such as his birth name, family, friends, native language, and culture Says he started Overcoming Odds because he saw other people adopted nationally internationally or foster care who were not making it

Alan Stein is a successful business owner and veteran basketball performance coach, who spent 15 years working with some of the highest-performing athletes on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, and the late great Kobe Bryant. In his corporate keynote programs and workshops, Alan reveals how to utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. His clients include American Express, Pepsi, Starbucks, Charles Schwab, and many more. The strategies from Alan’s book, Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best, are implemented by corporate teams and sports teams around the world. In this episode Alan: Admits that he’s never had a real job. He’s always been a freelancer or an entrepreneur Explains why he decided to focus on the Youth Training Space Stresses the importance of Humility, says that we must lead with empathy and challenges us to never look through the lens of judgement. Such great advice in these

Mark Metry is the host of the top 100 Human's 2.0 Podcast where he interviews Billionaires, Professional Athletes, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists, and New York Times Bestselling authors.  Mark is also a frequent public speaker. What you might not know about Mark is that until quite recently shyness left him feeling isolated and unable to share. Mark joined me today to discuss his new book, Screw Being Shy-How to Manage Social Anxiety and Be Yourself in Front of Anyone. You can learn more about Mark and his book at https://www.markmetry.com/ Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection. Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/   Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/   LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/   Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com 

Joe Schmit is an award-winning broadcaster, community leader and popular keynote speaker. He’s also the author of “Silent Impact” Influence Through Purpose, Persistence and Passion and “The Impact Blueprint,” A Step by Step Journey to a Life of Significance. As a sports broadcaster Joe has covered every major sporting event in the past 4 decades and has interviewed many of the biggest names in sports. Joe joined KSTP-TV in 1985 and has won 18 Emmys from the National Television Academy. He was also honored with a National Headliner Award in 2001. Joe is a long time youth mentor committed to advocating for a number of community organizations with Big Brothers and Big Sisters is at the top of his list. He is a past president and board member of the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Twin Cities.   He has raised over $3 million for the organization through the Joe Schmit Celebrity Golf Tournament which had a 16-year run. In 2000, he was the winner of the Jim Kelly Distinguished Service Award from Big Broth

Tasha Schuh is a National Youth Speaker, an Author and the winner of multiple awards  including National Rehabilitation Champion Award, Young Distinguished Alumni Award, Ms. Wheelchair USA 2012.  Growing up Tasha was active in sports and theatre and in her sophomore year of High School Tasha played the lead role of Sandy in the musical Greece. In her junior year, while working on a set stage change she was the victim of a tragic accident that left her a C5 Quadriplegic.  Today Tasha travels and shares her story of resilience and triumph over tragedy to audiences all over the country. She is the author of two books, “My Last Step Backward” (you’ll understand when she describes the accident) and “My Next Move Forward”, where Tasha dispels the myths and stereotypes that individuals with physical disabilities often confront.  In this episode Tasha: Describes the accident that left her a C5 Quadriplegic Admits that the first few years were really tough especially when her boyfriend left her and her parents ma

David Lee Jensen is a 2 time Bestselling Author, Fortune 50 Speaker, Coach, Online Marketer and a Hiring Expert. These days David is on a mission to teach others how they can leap into entrepreneurship and land safely. David’s path to entrepreneurship was anything but straight. He grew up in an abusive household, began his career as a literary agent, was a headhunter, moved into small business consulting, and then as President of a payment processing company grew revenues to 2.5 billion dollars. Ten years of seeing bonus checks going to the owners when he has a decent six-figure salary but no ownership convinced him it was time to try entrepreneurship. He hasn’t looked back. In this episode David: Spoke about growing up with an abusive father and tells us about the 911 call that changed his life Talked about the things he learned over a 20 year career working for others Went deep on the process he used to transition to entrepreneurship Explains why he is so passionate about helping others transition to s

There’s an old saying in sales that goes like this. “Customers Buy Solutions Not Products Or Services”. The logic behind this saying is straight forward. To make the sale we should focus on the benefits our customers will get if they buy our solution, and not on the specific features of our offer. Simple, right?  Yea, not so fast.  With almost 4 decades of sales and business experience I can say with confidence that customers buy a lot more than solutions to problems. In todays mini episode of Tim Talks I share truths and advice to help eaely stage or wannabe entrepreneurs

Juan C. Baret, a disabled veteran, is a former Staff Sergeant in the US Air Force and the founder of  Baret’s Bats. In Juan’s words “Baret Bats is the result of a transformative journey, which turned a challenge into an opportunity.”  Juan was inspired to start Baret Bats™ because as a disabled veteran, it became harder to keep up his active baseball lifestyle. In 2012, he made a last attempt in playing in a local wood bat amateur baseball league. As the season went on, it was apparent that he was not going to finish the season. But rather than focusing on the things he could no longer do, Juan chose to cultivate other interests such as: woodworking and design. And he discovered that for more than 100 years, baseball bats were hand turned using traditional lathe and chisels. In fact, the majority of players in the baseball hall of fame used hand turned bats and as we can attest, they made baseball history along with the bat makers that crafted their bats. Invigorated with this renewed outlook, he saw an oppo

Is “impact” the most overused word on LinkedIn these days. I suppose there are other candidates. There are all of the self appointed Thought Leaders who can’t tell you what their original thought is. There are those that confuse the word Authentic with looking for a shoulder to cry on. Don’t even get me started with all the “business experts” who have never really started or scaled a business. But these days Impact is one that just seems to keep popping up. In this mini episode of Tim Talks he digs into the overuse of the word impact, and reveals the true reasons so many people rely on it to describe their business goals and objectives. 

I don’t know who needs to hear this message today, but this mini episode of Tim Talks is for any of you that may be dealing to struggle with personal challenges or adversity And it is inspired by two interviews I recorded earlier this week.  On Tuesday I had the opportunity to speak with Bill Treasurer, and yesterday I spoke with Alan Lazaros. we went deep on the impact of infrastructure rattling events.

Danielle Letayf is a brand marketing expert, community builder, dance lover, wearer of all things metallic, curly-haired emoji advocate. lebanese american, and the founder of Badassery (isn’t that a cool name for a business). Badassery is a platform that gives multicultural professionals a chance to share their story on stage, and connects them to their own crew of badasses along the way. In her past life Danielle ran community at Shine and was previously the Head of Programs and Community for #BUILTBYGIRLS, a social impact brand that’s creating the new wave of tech leaders—who just happen to be teen girls. She expanded the community from 5 to over 15,000 around the country through internships, competitions, events and digital experiences. She created unique programs like Girls Who Fund, an apprentice-based program that shows girls the ins and outs of being an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the #BUILTBYGIRLS Challenge, a nationwide pitch competition that she ran with Michelle Obama in 2016. In th

Earl Bell is an entrepreneur, author, public speaker, and a former Little League Baseball Coach. Earl’s business career saw him serve in executive roles at 5 very different companies and as an owner in 3 businesses that experienced 20 years of increasing profits and a $230 million increase in company value.   The business and life lessons Earl learned  during this 25-year period were reinforced on the Little League ball field during his 10 years of coaching youth baseball. After taking a group of 11 and 12 year old boys to Cooperstown, NY for a baseball tournament in the summer of 2009, Earl wrote, Winning in Baseball and Business, Transforming Little League Principles into Major League Profits.   In this episode Earl: Explains why he thinks the journey in sports is the same as it is in business Says that to gamify business you need to decide how to keep score  Tells us that the first step is to first identify how you’re not going to keep score, and for Earl,the traditional way, which is to use net inco