The Create Your Own Life Show

Jenn Scalia is the founder of Million Dollar Mommy, a private business consulting company that shows female entrepreneurs how to build a profitable service based business online. She has grown her business rapidly from $0-$500k in two years and her story has been covered in Business Insider and Forbes.com. It is because of Jenn's success in online marketing that she was able to see a 1400% growth one year in her business with over 700 paying clients in her programs and courses. Jenn's goal is to help an additional 1,000 female entrepreneurs build a profitable business online by the end of 2016.         In This Episode: How to handle a layoff. How to build a business as a single mother. How to hack your schedule to create more time. How to deal with other's opinions of you. How mindset is your most powerful weapon. How to succeed as an introvert. How to hack productivity. Is Snapchat a distraction?   Jenn's Favorite Book:​ Jenn's Favorite Quote:"In order to become anything, you must risk being nothing." Link

Calvin Wayman is a social media entrepreneur. He’s also a sought-after speaker, owner of a social media management agency, host of Millionaire Case Study, and creator of the Periscope Pro Course. After quitting his day-job to pursue his dream of working for himself, Calvin relocated from Salt Lake City to sunny Southern California. He sold solar systems door-to-door to pay the bills and fund his online business. Calvin’s passion is helping entrepreneurs grow their business by taking advantage of modern tools and technology.   In This Episode: How to Plan the Destination of your goal. How to determine what business will get you to your goal. The employee to entrepreneur process. What most entrepreneurs leave out of their story. Getting over the fear of transition to full-time entrepreneur. The value in finding the right mentor. The value in live events. Why Periscope is such an important platform. The 4 things your Social Media needs to be successful. Adding the human element to social media. Calvin's Favori

Aaron Anastasi is a Southern California native who graduated with a master’s degree from Princeton where he studied philosophy and psychology. He’s also a serial entrepreneur with online businesses such as Superior Songwriting Method, Signing Success, and the internationally recognized, Superior Singing Method, an online singing lesson program that grosses seven-figures annually. Aaron also has the #1 singing/life lesson channel on YouTube with nearly 10,000,000 organic views and over 100,000 subscribers. Having a love for adventure, he was a pro snowboarder in Vail, Colorado, scaled Glacier Lake mountains in Bolivia, and cut pathways through the jungles of Contagem, Brazil. Along with being a Los Angeles based actor and filmmaker, Aaron is also a prominent success coach for clients in industry-leading roles, ranging from film directors to marine biologists to TEDx speakers. His new book, The Voice of Your Dreams, is scheduled for release in March, 2016.  

Chris Guillebeau is a New York Times bestselling author and modern-day explorer. During a lifetime of self-employment that included a four-year commitment as a volunteer executive in West Africa, he visited every country in the world (193 in total) before his 35th birthday. Since then he has modeled the proven definition of an entrepreneur: “Someone who will work 24 hours a day for themselves to avoid working one hour a day for someone else.” Chris’s first book, The Art of Non-Conformity, was translated into more than twenty languages. His second book, The $100 Startup, was a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller, selling more than 300,000 copies worldwide. His latest book, The Happiness of Pursuit, was published in September 2014 and was also a New York Times bestseller. Every summer in Portland, Oregon, Chris hosts the World Domination Summit, a gathering of creative, remarkable people with thousands in attendance. Chris is also the founder of Pioneer Nation, Unconventional Guides, the Travel Ha

Amanda Bayerle is a health coach for busy entrepreneurs, the host of the How Bad Do I Want It Podcast and creator of Everyday Fit Entrepreneur. Her and her husband have been helping men and women transform their health and fitness over the last 4 years and have been featured in Oxygen and Bodybuilding.com. Their podcast hit #7 in all of New and Noteworthy and inspires others to make their dreams a reality. Amanda works with startup and top level entrepreneurs to get fit fast, boost their energy and confidence, and gain mental clarity. Nicholas is one of the most passionate people you will ever meet. Growing up, he knew being an entrepreneur was in his blood. From pursuing professional sports to starting a lawn care business at age 9 to going door to door promoting his dad’s company, he loved the aspect of growing something. Nicholas also attended Bethel School of Ministry and has traveled to 9 different countries. He currently helps run a carpet cleaning/flooring installation company in San Diego. He has the

As Senior Vice President for a Fortune 500 firm Kelly Roach has consistently grown teams and divisions by between 50–300% in profit year after year. With 7 promotions in 8 years, Kelly is an expert in creating record breaking growth in productivity and profitability. Kelly has an uncanny ability to help businesses work smarter, not harder and design an unstoppable results machine that virtually eliminates the competition. By teaching leaders how to incorporate empowered decision-making and intention-based management, Kelly’s clients are equipped to thrive in any economy. Kelly helps teams and organizations eliminate weeks, months, and even years from their timeline for success. Kelly is a thought leader when it comes to the link between exercise, empowerment, and exponential business growth. As a former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader, Kelly brings a dynamic, engaging and motivating style to all of her transformational programs. Kelly's latest books is called "Unstoppable Success," where she seeks to shar

Shawn Thomas is a lifestyle entrepreneur focused on contributing to the world through mentoring, coaching and philanthropy. After the multi-million dollar sale of his company, Shawn has embarked on the next chapter in his life—to share the business and lessons he has learned along the way. As a Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Shawn has the freedom and flexibility to work around things he is passionate about without the worry or stress of earning an income. And tens of thousands of followers from all the over world tune in to see how he has created his success. In 2002, he started what became his first successful business venture, Uniguest. Uniguest began as a 1-man operation from his house in Memphis, TN to today being a successful company in Nashville, TN. Uniguest saw rapid growth and achieved Inc. 500 status, a dream of many entrepreneurs. Shawn mentors by sharing his experiences and answering questions under the name Ask A MillionaireTM. This is his way of mentoring as many people as possible. And hundreds of tho

Kyle Gray was working as a Study Abroad advisor at the University of Utah. It was a decent job, but he had a dream I wanted to fulfill. He had heard about people building personal brands and small businesses online. These businesses let them travel the world and work at the same time, and it was something he wanted for himself. After spending 2 years as an advisor he knew how the university worked, and he wanted to learn about starting a business. So he took on a few student jobs and too on an interdisciplinary degree that offered flexible course options and the ability to customize it. He used his knowledge as an advisor of the resources available to students to invite speakers to the university to build his network. He also did much of the early research and skill building for his business by leveraging the title of “Student” and calling up businesses mentioning he was a student doing research and wanted to learn more about them. He came across the Foundry in his final year, and was connected with a group o

James Kyson was voted by TV Guide as "Hollywood's 25 Hottest", he recently finished filming NCIS:LA (CBS), the new HBO show Animals, the new sitcom School of Rock (Nickelodeon), and recurring on the FX drama Justified. He also recently finished Hawaii Five-O on CBS, and a 4-year run on NBC's Heroes as 'Ando'. James will be in two feature films released later this year: Another Time (Romantic Comedy), and The Livingston Gardener (Thriller). He also recently wrapped the feature Take Off (fka Banana Season), where he had to train as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter for six weeks. A native of NYC, James graduated from Bronx H.S. of Science, then went on to study communications & broadcasting at Boston University, & New England Institute of the Arts. After a stint in a hip-hop group in college, and trying out improv comedy, James moved to LA on a one-way ticket & a single suitcase, where he began his training in music, dance, and acting. His first ever Television audition landed him on CBS's J.A.G. Other T

Justin Christianson was looking for a way to be free, it was journey that eventually led him to making money online. He learned processes from the ground up, beginning in network marketing recruiting, leading to affiliate marketing and eventually info products. He became a student of the science of why offers convert, and why they don't. It was from this experience that he founded Conversion Fanatics. Justin is the best selling author of Conversion Fanatic: How to double your customers, sales and profits with A/B testing and is a 13 year veteran of digital marketing having worked on hundreds of profitable campaigns. A self proclaimed numbers junky with a firm belief that the numbers don’t lie, has a knack for finding holes in marketing campaigns and offering simple solutions to quickly plug them, effectively improving the results. An avid student of marketing and business, he firmly believes that you must continue to improve daily in order to stay ahead and succeed.  

Dennis Mangan had hit bottom, his body was failing him, he was recently informed that he has chronic fatigue syndrome. He visited doctor after doctor, but did not receive that problem solving that he had hoped to find. However Dennis had a leg up on everyone else, he had an extensive background in the sciences. After prolonged research, he discovered a link between Chronic fatigue in distance runners like himself: Iron.  After realizing the issue with his body, Dennis realized that "Dumping Iron," from his diet would be the way to fix his body. After doing so, Dennis saw rapid changes in his heath, and at age 60, is the pinnacle of fitness. He took what he learned, and authored his latest book: "Dumping Iron," after he found that not only was there a link between Iron and chronic fatigue but a whole host of issues as well. Dennis wanted to share his new found health and fitness with the world and therefore, he created Rogue Health and Fitness. He educates others on natural means of rehabbing their bodies, and

Caleb Maddix is 14 years old. He is the Author of best selling, “Keys to Success for Kids,” founder of Kids 4 Success and Kids with a Mission. Caleb is a sought after Motivational Speaker, Life Coach, as well as Co-Host of Maddix Motivations and Host of “Keys to Success for Kids.” Caleb has been seen with such entrepreneurs as Grant Cardone, Brendon Burchard and Gary Vaynerchuck. He has been a guest on Cardone's "Power Players," and frequent guest on all things Cardone. In his first year in business, Caleb has cleared $75,000 and has a goal of being a millionaire by 16 and billionaire by 30. Caleb proves that age has no effect on success, but rather the drive to make it happen. Caleb lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his dad, Matt Maddix. Caleb is on a Mission to motivate and educate kids across the world as well as end childhood obesity.   Caleb's Favorite Quote:"The Gun that kills most people is the Gunna."   Caleb's Favorite Book:The Success Principles(TM) - 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Get from Wh

Travis Dillard hasn't lived out of a car, begged for money or eaten garbage scraps, In fact, he was very blessed with a supportive family and a great education. That being said… It made it very easy to just let life pass hum by. After all, everything was “okay”. Right? Well, this road to mediocrity eventually led him to a dark place. He was skinny, yet fat in all the wrong places. You know, the type with frail looking legs but a soft, pudgy upper body. The guy who was too embarrassed to take his shirt off at the pool. Yep, that was him. Given the way he looked and felt about himself, he was lost, insecure and anxious about his future. Even worse, he was tired, out of shape, and lacked any real focus. The Turning PointA long story short, he made a drastic change to force himself in the right direction…he got in shape and started a business. Travis' MISSION: HE WANTS TO SEE OTHER ENTREPRENEURS FOLLOW WHAT WORKED FOR HIM.Was the change easy? No. Was it SIMPLE? Yes. After becoming obsessed with personal developme

Victor Salinas is a a true rags to riches story. He grew up in the countryside of Brazil, and moved to Sao Paulo as a youth. He always wanted to come to America and eventually achieved that dream. Came from a very poor family, manage to go to the US and lived in CA for 7 years, came back to Brazil in 2007 and then became the General Manager for a multinational IT company and responsible for over U$25M revenue in one year. Victor is a business consultant increasing companies revenue in over 300% in the current critical scenario of the brazilian economy using L. Ron Hubbard Management Technology. He is a former executive for an iconic brazilian IT company, in addition to being an international Speaker. Victor is a Sales specialist, because he truly understands communication and how to best service a customer. He went from making $20.000/year in 2010 to a 6 figure annual salary, all in the same year. He quit what most people thought was a secure job, to depend on true security, himself, to share his knowledge wi

About RyanRyan Hansen came from the Marine Corps to start his own CrossFit business. His interest in fitness progressed over the years to powerlifting and eventually ending up in CrossFit. He loves the team atmosphere and for him is something reminiscent of being in the Marines. Ryan has a need to help people, and from there it led his to want to own a Cross Fit box. He sees CrossFit as a way to truly help people in a way that will change their lives. He puts a lot of stress on his athletes supporting their bodies with whole food, because if the body is fueled properly, it shouldn't need a lot of the extra additives. He's also very intentional with the form and physical practices of his athletes.   Ryan's Favorite Quote:"Love your life or change it," John Norse, Attitude Nation   Ryan's Favorite Book:Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action   Links from Today's Show:Charles Poloquin on kettle bell training Cross Fit Warwick Ryan Hansen Cross Fit Games

Harry Campbell started the Rideshareguy.com started in 2014, he was a full time aerospace engineer and part-time Uber, Lyft and Sidecar driver.  He actually discovered rideshare as a passenger back in 2012 but it wasn’t until he moved from San Diego up to Orange County that he decided to give it a try as a driver. He started driving for Lyft and Uber in early 2014 because it sounded like a fun, flexible way to earn extra income.  Some people found it odd that he was driving in his spare time since he had a good career as an engineer but he had always been a huge fan of diversifying your income. It’s easy to get complacent working the same job day in and day out but when you’re working for someone else, you’re never really in control of your own destiny, no matter how safe you might feel.  And that’s what he liked so much about being a rideshare driver. You’ve probably heard the cliche radio ads that say “Be Your Own Boss” and “Set Your Own Hours” but the funny thing is that being a rideshare driver really is

Andrew O'Brien is the founder of the media company, Patefactus. He began his career as a public speaker in 2013. He had no clue about how to run a business or how to get on media. 3 short years later, he has become the most requested speaker in his field and has traveled all over the world speaking. He have made well over 6 figures, on his way to 7. This is all thanks to his media exposure. Without all of the media he received, he wouldn't be where he is today. Andrew has been featured on over 70 media stations around the world. Before being featured on so much media, he was only charging $2,000 per speaking engagement (that included travel and lodging in that fee.) Exactly one year later...  His fee increased to $5,000 plus travel and lodging.  The best part... he was not only charging more, but he was getting more clients.  Andrew did all of this without spending a dime on a PR firm or agency.  After so much media coverage, he started to learn more about the industry and came up with his own ways of getting

Noah St. John is a keynote speaker and best-selling author who’s famous for inventing Afformations and helping busy people achieve financial freedom. His sought-after advice is known as the “secret sauce” in personal and business growth. According to Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: “Noah St. John’s work is about discovering within ourselves what we should have known all along – we are truly powerful beings with unlimited potential.” Noah’s dynamic and down-to-earth speaking style always gets high marks from audiences. As the leading authority on how to eliminate limiting beliefs, Noah delivers live programs and online courses that have been called “the only training that FIXES every other training!” He also appears frequently in the news worldwide, including ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, The Hallmark Channel, National Public Radio, Parade, Woman’s Day, Los Angeles Business Journal, The Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, Selling Power, Forbes.com, and The Huffington Post.   Noah's Favo

Elliott Hulse is a name synonymous with success, and YouTube. He created content for almost 4 years, before really making it big on YouTube. Long before he was an internet personality, he was the owner of Strength Camp Gym. His only purpose in creating video content, was to promote and sell memberships to his gym. On a dare from a friend, Elliott turned ads on his YouTube channel, and created an income of $10,000 in his first month. From there, he pushed down the gas, and went from making a video when he felt like, to one everyday. Elliott structured his videos in question and answer format, and made it his mission to answer questions in the most creative way he could find; a true artist. More than being just a YouTube video creator, Elliott is a true student of philosophy; putting what he reads into action. He then forwards that information to his viewers, creating true inspiration in a metaphorical verse. Elliott is also the author of the Best-Seller, "The King," about helping others channel their inner kin

Brad Lomenick has had an interesting journey, and many seasons in his life. Brad spent the early part of his 20's as a cowboy. He transitioned to consulting businesses, and by a twist of fate, met leadership author, John Maxwell. Brad was part of a movement of young, go getters, inspired by John, and from there went on to start Catalyst. Brad is one of the forefront speakers on leadership, and the author of H3 Leadership: Stay Hungry, Stay Humble, Always Hustle. Brad views leadership as a stool, which can never stand without developing each leadership trait necessary to really excel. He believes that identity and what season a person is currently in, are two forces that function separately; a person's self definition should not be tied to what they are doing. H3 Leadership is the future, and Brad is at the forefront of helping you leaders truly excel.   Brad's Favorite Quote:"Stay Hungry, Stay Humble, Always Hustle."   Brad's Favorite Books:The BibleThe 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and Peopl