Fighting Failure Podcast

Are you living your dream life? Do you feel the fear of failure is stopping you from taking action? Reach out to me and let me help you work through it.  Life is WAY TO SHORT not to be fulfilled. Life is way to short to life anything other than the life you're meant to live.  You have a gift to give the world, working the rest of your life for someone else most likely isn't it.  Reach out to me: Jared@FightingFailure.com Twitter: @FightFailureNow Facebook: Facebook.com/JaredPPC  

Matt spent 15 years working in the corporate world with the most iconic brands on the planet including Under Armour, Carter's/Osh Kosh, and even had an internship with NBA champions, the San Antonio Spurs. Today Matt is the founder of LifeStory Coaching & Development, LLC where he works with a variety of clients from work-at-home moms to NBA executives. Listen to Matt tell his story of overcoming major obstacles and hear how he's changed his life and is on a mission to help others do the same.  Connect With Matt facebook.com/lifestorycoaching Linkedin.com/in/mattgagnon1 matt@LifeStoryCoaching.net  Call 512.541.6561

Trudi was successfully climbing the corporate ladder when she found out that, despite her success, it just wasn't for her.  She decided to follow her heart and went into entrepreneurship.  She learned some hard lessons from that first business, one of which is to remain flexible in your business model and pivot when you need to.  Today Trudi is on a mission to support everyday people to share their message.  She has spent the last eight years building her coaching, course creation and marketing skills and now shares her knowledge and experience with people across the globe.  Learn from Trudi:  https://trudipavlovsky.thinkific.com Connect with Trudi: https://www.facebook.com/TrudiPavlovskyOfficial/ http://ww2.trudipavlovsky.com/

Brian R. King coaches parents and educators on strategies for motivating and communicating better with members of the Asperger's & ADHD communities. While working as a social worker Brian learned to live a story worth telling. He lives his life based on the four R's: •Responsibility •Resourcefulness •Resilience •Reciprocity At the age of 18 Brian beat cancer. He realized laying in the hospital bed that, life isn't all about you and that the world will keep on going. Brian talked to other self employed people and learned from them before becoming an entrepreneur. It helped him launch his business without feeling like he was flying blind or that he was alone. He made the leap to becoming an entrepreneur when Parents of kids kept coming to him for help. They realized what they learned from him worked better than anything else had before. Check out his website: http://brianraymondking.com/ Podcast - Thanks For Being You: http://brianme.podbean.com/ Connect with Brian on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soze

Vicki started her business at 12 years old when her Dad's friend who had an Insurance Agency gave her a phone book. She started dialing and came back with a list of 20 names of people who were interested in talking about their policy! She's been in direct sales for more than 19 years and has been Top 10 in Sales & Recruiting Internationally for more than 10 years all while raising a family including a son with Asperger's. While receiving an award on stage a molding broke and she had a minor accident which turned out to be not so minor.. Vicki ended up tearing a ligament which didn't heal properly resulting in being in a wheel chair for 3 1/2 years. Rather than let that get her down she adjusted her business and moved towards doing more webinars and shifted her business online. Vicki's story shows you that you can push through the most difficult of challenges and you can have the life you want and career you want. You can find balance, raise a family and chase your dreams. Course: The Rockstar Guide to Get

Dan Smith started out as a struggling Real Estate agent. With a family to support he got to work building his business… and outworked all his competitors. After years of working long hours he finally got burnt out and sold his business, but not before closing 321 transactions in his final year and earning $200,000 per month. With no money coming in Dan went to work enjoying what would end up being a short lived retirement.. right up until losing everything he had built. He lost his houses, cars and for a short while, his confidence. Listen to Dan tell his story as only he can. This episode is chalked full of value about what it takes to succeed & living a life of balance. Get the full story here: www.amazon.com/author/bydansmith Connect With Dan: ByDanSmith.com Email: Dan@ByDanSmith.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/byDanSmith/ Twitter https://twitter.com/bydansmith

Stephen is on a mission to help 1000 people become self employed in the next 3 years. He believes we're being shown the door by corporate America and we'll be forced into it anyway. Stephen polled people and asked them "What's keeping you from self employment?". Most people's answers centered around fear... no surprise. Ready to work for yourself? Take a self assessment test and figure out what your purpose is: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/get-started-now/ Subscribe to Stephens Podcast on iTunes: https://itun.es/us/MA_wgb.c On his website: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/   Listen to my episode on his show: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/podcast/epic-failures-jared-warner/

Justin's life started out like a lot of American kids, living in a house with his Mom & Dad. When he was 12 his Parents got a divorce and his Mom ended up with a pill addiction. To Make things worse his Dad went to jail. Listen to Justin tell his story of going from a 1.7 GPA to doing what he loves and helping people all around the world. We also learn from this story that just because you think you failed, doesn't mean you actually did… never count yourself out. Justin's advice: It doesn't matter where you are right now, just make the right decision today. Connect With Justin: GrowthNowMovement.com Subscribe to his podcast and get inspired: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/growth-now-movement/id1086471656?mt=2

We've all had our struggles and challenges, life comes easy to no one. For some of us navigating through the world can seem an impossible task.   Manny Wolfe was born into a cult and moved into a violent ghetto at 8 years old where he was forced to fight everyday. This was just the beginning. Words cannot do this story justice so listen along as Manny takes us on a crazy journey. What Manny is up to now: http://mannywolfe.com/ to find information on 1000 Speakers Academy or https://1000speakersacademy.com/ Want to make money as a speaker? Connect with Manny: Manny@MannyWolfe.com 6 Figure Speaker System. Get step by step instructions on how to make money as a speaker.

Danielle lost everything when her house flooded from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.   Her big goal is to teach people how to make high quality videos from their cell phone. Learn more about that course here: https://serioustakeproductions.clickfunnels.com/video-course-coming-soon-page   For Danielle becoming an entrepreneur was about taking back control of her life. She was working every night, weekend and holiday and didn't have Christmas Eve or New Years Day off. Her advice is there is no "right time" to do it, you can't just sit and think about it.. you have to take action.   What are you willing to give up in the process?    She sold her car in order to attend a Jack Canfield convention which was a HUGE investment. It was a big commitment but she learned the value of surrounding herself with the right people.   Ready to get inspired? Check out the movie we talk about in this episode: http://inspiredby11.com/   Connect with Danielle:   SeriousTakeProductions.co

Simon Bogdanowicz grew up in a rough area that didn't provide much opportunity.  Despite these circumstances he went on to graduate from the University of Michigan and worked his way to high paying jobs on both Wall Street and in Silicon Valley. Even though he had many offers for 6 figure jobs on the table Simon decided to take the leap towards becoming an entrepreneur. Today Simon is the co founder of Launch Team with best selling author Jesse Tevelow. Their goal is to help authors build a community of supporters and launch a best selling book. Find out more information at MyLaunchTeam.com  Connect with Simon: Simon@MyLaunchTeam.com

Danelle was living in an apartment with no furniture with her 3 young kids. Her friends had helped her pay the rent so she had 30 days to figure out how to pay the next month!   She decided that from then on she refused to live an average life and got to work turning things around.    Today Danelle can be seen rocking stages all over the world speaking, mentoring and helping those around her.    Connect with Danelle: facebook.com/danelledelgado   Get free training at DanelleDelgado.com   http://lifeintended.org/

Jeff had a comfortable 6 figure job that he loved... he also had a side business and passion project... The passion project won out and Jeff ended up making VAStaffer.com his full time career. Today Jeff is helping entrepreneurs all over the world grow their business with Virtual Assistants. He's passionate about helping entrepreneurs and solopreneurs get more time back to focus on the things they love about their business.  Jeff gives advice to people looking to make the leap from a job (or career) to running their own business. Make sure to validate your idea and start earning an income first, don't just quit! Try to sell your idea on Fiverr.com. If people won't pay even $5 for it.. you may need to go back to the drawing board. Connect with Jeff: Facebook.com/jeffjhunter 

Are you ready to make 2017 your year...for real this time? I'm sure you didn't head into 2016 thinking "I don't think I'll hit my goals"... If you're like most people you charge into January full of hope and promise.  Amy Yamada is an International Business Mentor for coaches and service-based entrepreneurs and has recently been dubbed, "The Influential Entrepreneur!" Currently, she is mentoring coaches, trainers, and passionate entrepreneurs to make a massive impact through their businesses while living their best lives every single day.  She provides private mentoring as well as her popular entrepreneurial training program, "Coaching Masters Academy." "It's all about aligning your daily life with your bigger dreams and visions, while making a difference for your clients at your HIGHEST level,"  Amy says. With over fifteen years of experience in the media and now as a well-connected entrepreneur, Amy continues to make media appearances on the red carpet at upscale fundraising galas a

Travis is retired at only 34 years old and he tells you how you can do the same.. listen as Travis details his quest for freedom and adventure as well as provides solid financial advice..  If you would like to learn more about Travis follow here:  mywilddreams.net Blog my_wild_dreams_ Instagram

As a business owner Samantha Riley has seen her share of challenges. In her 20's she was forced to sell her house to keep her business going. Then after 20 years of marriage ended in divorce Samantha lost everything.   She lost her confidence and sense of direction until a friend asked a powerful question, "What if you were standing at your own funeral. What would everyone be saying about you? How did you change their life?"   By focusing on her legacy and reverse engineering that process to work out her purpose Samantha turned her life around. 

In this episode I interview Tamara Thompson of Serious Take Productions. Tamara is also the director of the amazing documentary Inspired By 11, InspiredBy11.com.   

After my third failed attempt in a row at self employment I had some hard choices to make. I decided I wanted to move back to San Diego... and NOTHING was going to stop me.   With no car, no bank account & no place to live I got a rental car, packed up my belongings and headed south...   A leap of faith and a determined attitude will have to suffice.. After a rough few months I got back on my feet and haven't looked back. 

I learned a very hard lesson.. listen and don't do what I did!!   Find out: Why I had to leave the paradise of San Diego and move in with my Parents in Oregon.    Listen to the one MAJOR mistake I made that lead to this complete failure.   

Listen to why I started this podcast.    This is where my entrepreneurial journey began. I found success early and often in life & business until a rude awakening showed me that life isn't meant to be easy and requires more than simply showing up and collecting money.