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Many people feel they’re not creative. They’re wrong - they just need to understand how to harness it. Having rapid access to your own creativity can transform your business - so how do we make it happen?

This week on ‘Building your LeaderBrand’ spoke with Julie Stout, an entrepreneur and marketing agency owner who has spent 23 years in business. Julie shared powerful insights into developing creativity as a business skill and how to blend creative approaches with technical execution.

Drawing from her experience in manufacturing and B2B sectors, Julie reveals practical methods for unlocking creative thinking in even the most analytical environments.

Three Key 🔥 Takeaways:

⏰ Start your creativity practice with just 2 minutes daily - Julie recommends setting a timer and practicing non-judgmental brainstorming, particularly right after a shower when your mind is most receptive. This builds your connection to creative flow and strengthens your ability to generate ideas on demand.

⏰ Allow ideas to emerge over time - Like artists developing concepts through multiple sketches, business ideas don't need to arrive fully formed. Julie emphasizes the value of viewing "failures" as building blocks, letting solutions develop organically through iteration rather than demanding instant perfection.

⏰ Set up your mind for solutions - Before bed, clearly state the problem you want to solve. Your subconscious will work on it overnight, often leading to breakthrough ideas in the morning. This intentional approach to problem-solving helps harness your natural creative abilities.

And there is sooo much more.

About Julie

Creativity coach, consultant, speaker and podcaster. ▶ Helping individuals and businesses move from underdogs to champions to superhero. With over two decades at the helm of advancreative, I have pioneered frameworks that transform challenger brands into industry leaders.

Our agency's cornerstone lies in infusing creativity and innovation into marketing programs, driving substantial SEO results and fostering an environment where ideas flourish. Leading the charge for a 'Creative Revolution,' I provide organizations with the tools to escape the confines of conventional thinking.

This is showcased through my unique Creative Fuel Bootcamp and the influential "Creative Fuel for Underdogs" podcast, where we empower listeners to tap into their 'Clear Thinking Channel' and harness their untapped potential.

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Mental health problems, just like physical problems, range from a boo boo to a full blown crisis. We know how to take care of our physical bodies but business owners are both stoic and, with mental health - kind of accident prone. There’s a lot of pressure.

In this deeply personal episode, Mike Morrison (founder of Membership Geeks) joins me for an honest discussion about mental health in entrepreneurship, sharing his own experience of clinical depression and building a successful online business.

3 Key Takeaways:

1. Create a "zone of peacefulness" around your business by setting clear boundaries and being selective with clients. It's not about being difficult - it's about protecting your mental wellbeing.

2. The gap between your public persona and private reality can create mental strain. Being authentic about your struggles doesn't diminish your brand - it makes you human.

3. Success doesn't eliminate mental health challenges. Even highly successful entrepreneurs deal with imposter syndrome and anxiety. The key is acknowledging these feelings and seeking appropriate support.

Resources Mentioned

Membership Geeks

Instagram: @membershipgeeks

Connect with Mike Morrison

Find Mike Morrison and Membership Geeks across social media platforms @membershipgeeks, with Instagram being his primary platform for engagement.

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Great franchises are some of the best thought out and process driven business on the plant and if we know anything about business success - it's largely down to having great systems and following them.

This week on the Show I'm joined by one of the world experts on franchise success, Leslie Kuban. We talk about her work helping people make the transition into franchising, her franchise education work and her consulting helping people fully leverage the franchises they own.

We also talk about her journey from owning a Mailboxes Etc to becoming a household name in the Franchising.

Some key takeaways.

📈 Personal Branding Motivation: Cultivating a strong personal brand within your franchise is crucial. Personal relationships and local presence can set you apart.

🔄 Systematisation and Training: Franchise systems offer varying levels of support in terms of systematisation and training. Leveraging these can help streamline operations and enhance visibility.

💰 Financing Fundamentals: When financing a franchise, a cash injection of 10-30% is typically required, along with good credit and a personal guarantee. Various options like equity lines or retirement plans can be explored.

⚖️ Understand Complexity: Franchising is not a quick success route. It involves significant complexity, cost, and a long-term commitment. Entrepreneurs must recognise this before diving in.

🤝 Collaborative Success: Collaborative skills, patience, and business acumen are key for success. Support and cooperation among franchise owners can enhance the overall experience and success rate.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesliekuban/

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Entrepreneurs - ever felt like you were trying to squeeze your feet into someone else’s shoes?

This week we’re speaking about how business success is an inside job. How to align your personally designed vision with your own route to success.

This week I’m joined by NLP and Wealth Dynamics expert Osmaan Sharif and we’re talking about how to rewire your mindset and how to quickly find a route to success with much less resistance.

About Osmaan

Osmaan is passionate about enabling individuals and businesses create Rapid Transformations, in their thinking, feelings, behaviours, opportunities and results!

He brings with him a wealth of business expertise from his previous careers within Human Resources, Leadership Development and Customer Services – from both the banking and retail industries.

Both learning and continual development is really important to Osmaan. Since graduating with a M.A. (Hons) in Business and Management Studies, from the University of Glasgow, he has embarked upon a number of further courses and qualifications. These include becoming an American Board of NLP (ABNLP) Certified Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming; NLP Coaching and Creating Your Future™ Coaching Processes, Hypnosis and also an Accredited Wealth Dynamics Flow Consultant & Wealth Dynamics/Talent Dynamics Performance Consultant, to name but a few.

It’s not about theory and certificates though, as he uses all his business, training and coaching experience to help his clients make a Rapid Transformation in their lives!! What he loves the most is that even though he knows all of this ‘stuff’, everyday he still gets positively shocked and amazed at the immense power and results that can be achieved by incorporating these simple yet effective mindsets, tools and techniques.

His website : https://www.rapidtransformation.co.uk/

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This week I'm speaking with Mike Allton - Head of Strategic Partnerships at Agorapulse - My social media management & listening platform of choice. He's also a prolific content creator, marketer, author and sought after speaker in his own right.

We range across lots of topics but home in on the basic tasks your marketing has to accomplish - before you try anything fancy. Fancy don't pay the bills - but these things do.

Find Mike Online : https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeallton/

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How often to you look back and wish you’d been a little bolder in your choices, responses or actions? If you’re anything like me then the answer is - all the time.

This week on the podcast I’m speaking with the Fred Joyal - author of Superbold. We discuss how to move into a more bold version of yourself systematically and more importantly… safely.

About Fred Joyal

Fred Joyal is an author, speaker, entrepreneur, and business advisor. He co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTIST. He has previously written two books on marketing, has dabbled in standup and improv comedy, acted in bad movies and excellent TV commercials.

His latest book, Superbold: from Under-confident to Charismatic in 90 days, is an Amazon and Wall Street Journal bestseller. He once beat Sir Richard Branson in chess and was also a question on Jeopardy. He is an avid cyclist, a below-average tennis player and an even worse golfer. He lives in Los Angeles.

https://fredjoyal.com/

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The experience you create for others is what sculpts your personal brand. The more depth, magic and transformation there is in that experience the more power there is in that brand story.

This week my guest is Phil Mershon, the Director of Experience at Social Media Examiner, the people behind the extraordinary Social Media Marketing World conference.

We talk about experiences, launching smaller events, personal branding and the power of experience in all areas of our business to shape how people feel about us.

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Finding a trusted voice to talk about Facebook ads without the, almost religious, bias of the bro marketers is trickier than you’d think. If you’d listen to some people you feel like a clown if you’re not dropping your life savings into ads.

For me, that trusted voice is Andrea Vahl and I’m thrilled to welcome her to the show this week and to talk about brining balance across your traffic strategies and how to set up your first Facebook ads campaign.

About Andrea Vahl

Andrea Vahl is a Social Media Consultant and Speaker and is the co-author of Facebook Marketing All-in-One for Dummies. Her newest book is Facebook Ads Made Simple. She speaks and trains all over the world and has appeared in top lists on Entrepreneur.com and Inc.com. She is also a stand up comedienne.

Andrea's Site : https://www.andreavahl.com/50ads

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If you’re like most people then you have good days and bad days. You have productive days and days when nothing works. What’s up with that? How can we be more consistently positive and effective?

If your day consists of just getting by and hoping nothing catches fire then listen in as I talk with Dr Eugene K Choi about how top performers step out of the Survival state, and into their Executive state.

About Eugene

Dr. Eugene K. Choi Pharm. D is a Transformational Mindset Coach and a board-certified clinical pharmacist that is on a mission to help talented heart-driven leaders operate at their highest levels of performance, intelligence, and communication. He firmly believes that by activating the powerful executive brain, it maximizes results not just in business leaders, but in humanity as a whole.

With a background in clinical pharmacy, neuroscience, and business coaching, his unique science-backed process along with the use of groundbreaking technology helps entrepreneurs figure out how to dramatically improve performance, innovate dynamic solutions, and achieve their goals.

Dr. Eugene’s expertise in audience growth has also resulted in him generating over 8 million views on his online articles and over 23 million views on his short films. He has also worked with over 60 entrepreneurs last year alone to help them optimize their mindset and strategy in order to scale their businesses and generate more revenue and impact. These experiences have proven critical in helping clients produce tangible results in both business and in life.

Eugene's website : https://www.destinyhacks.co

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People are motivated by different things. Some are motivated by money, some by acclaim and some by purpose. Most people probably have a blend of all three and the interplay might change from time to time.

This week we’re focusing on the passion people and I’m excited to be joined by the host of the Passion, Purpose and Personal brand show - Lisa McGuire.

Lisa's website : https://thediyframework.com/storyweb

Lisa McGuire is a certified personal brand strategist, business growth advisor, and founder of Your Passion, Purpose and Personal Brand podcast. Her love for knowledge led her to start her career in education and she went on to become one of the founders of a $20M startup. When Lisa realized her gifts no longer fit into someone else’s script, she took the leap to launch her own business in 2018. She is a strong believer in spending as much time as you can working in your zone of genius. Today, Lisa helps consultants and professional service providers do just that using her signature framework, The Difference Is You. They learn to build a personal brand of integrity by leveraging science-based concepts to create a compelling story. Lisa is married with two children and two grandchildren and lives in Atlanta, Georgia where she’s never too far from a grove of trees or the beach.

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