The Entrepreneurial You

Hosted ByHeneka Watkis-Porter

The Entrepreneurial You is the go-to podcast for driven entrepreneurs and leaders. Hosted by Heneka Watkis-Porter, the #JamaicanPodcastQueen, each episode digs deep into the minds of world-renowned influencers like Les Brown, Amy Porterfield, Paul Martinelli, Seth Godin, Lisa Nichols, and Richard Branson. Discover actionable strategies on leadership, innovation, and overcoming challenges to up-level your business and personal growth for massive success. Tune in to unleash your potential and join a global community transforming entrepreneurship.


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How to Break Free from Self-Limiting Beliefs and Rewrite Your Story

Dr. Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work. From 2015-2018, he was the #1 writer in the world on Medium.com. During that time, he grew his email list from 0 to 400,000 without paid advertising. Ben and his wife Lauren adopted three children from the foster system in February 2018 and one month later, Lauren got pregnant with twins who were born in December of 2018. They live in Orlando. Ben’s blogs are read by millions monthly.

 

Show Notes

 

“Your personality is not set in stone, you can always develop yourself to be a better version of yourself.” Asad Meah

 

Personality tests –we’ve all done them. But are they really as accurate as the developers  make them out to be? This podcast episode with Dr Benjamin Hardy debunks all the myths about these tests. 

 

Here is a snippet of what Dr Hardy shared:

 

“Every time you view the past, you view it from the perspective of your current self. And so your future self is going to actually view your past differently and hopefully they’re going to frame it better. Memories are always fluid; memories change and evolve as you think about them. The big problem with painful experiences is that we try not to think about them but in psychology, there’s a concept called ‘exposure therapy’ and basically it’s the idea that as you expose yourself to something more and more, you neutralize the emotions. It’s like if you’re scared for example to publish a blog post because you’re worried about what people think, if you do it 100 times, it stops being so scary. You neutralize the emotions and that’s really how you turn the past into information–you face it, you learn about it, you write about it; you recontextualize it, you could ask what’s another way of looking at this or how has this benefited me or how would my future self look at this? Or what would my future self say to my former self; what would happen if I stopped being so mad about this, or what are all the ways that this has benefited me.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Being Social Media Savvy as an Entrepreneur, with Andréa Jones

Andrea is fiercely committed to helping businesses and podcasters build profitable communities online through simple social media solutions. She’s been featured in places like Hubspot, Aweber, and WordPress. She was also named one of Social Report’s “top marketers to follow” in 2019.
As the host of the Savvy Social Podcast and the creator of SavvySocialSchool.com, Andrea is dedicated to simplifying social media through easy-to-follow courses, professional guidance, and community support. Outside of teaching and training, she spends most of her time serving her full-service clients and practising what she preaches by implementing organic social media strategies for businesses, and brands that want to grow an engaged audience online.

Show Notes

“It’s a dialogue, not a monologue, and some people don’t understand that. Social media is more like a telephone than a television.” – Amy Jo Martin

Ever wondered how you can become a master at social media, posting content that your audience values? This episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast will get you well on your way.

Here is a snippet of what Andréa shared:

“The algorithm wants attention. It’s like a small child like a two-year-old. Look at me, look at me. It wants attention. So whatever we can do to give it attention is a good thing. I think sometimes as business owners, we forget that. So if our content isn’t interesting enough, and people aren’t paying attention to it, the algorithm is going to start showing other content pieces. So it’s not like it has a personal vendetta against you personally. It’s just that it’s trying to get attention as much attention as possible from its viewers.
So some things that work really well right now.”

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

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The Neuroscience of Innovation and Creativity, with Dr Britt Andreatta

Britt is an internationally recognized thought leader who creates brain science–based solutions for today’s challenges. As CEO and President of 7th Mind, Inc.,Britt Andreatta draws on her unique background in leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and learning to unlock the best in people and organizations.

Britt has published several titles including Wired to Connect: The Brain Science of Teams and a New Model for Creating Collaboration and Inclusion, Wired to Grow: Harness the Power of Brain Science to Master Any Skill and Wired to Resist: The Brain Science of Why Change Fails and a New Model for Driving Success. Upcoming books focus on the neuroscience of purpose and the conscious evolution of organizations. 

 

Show Notes

 

“The most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal. Richard Branson

 

Innovation and creativity are words that we are accustomed to hearing used interchangeably especially as it relates to entrepreneurship. But, how many of us know that they are actually quite different? This episode of The Entrepreneurial You Podcast explores all this from a neuro-science perspective. The conversation with Dr. Britt Andreatta was quite enlightening.

 

Here is a snippet of what Britt shared:

 

“From a neuroscience perspective, neuroscientists have been able to study what happens in the brain when we have that aha moment. They can set people up for the ‘aha moment’ and have them on an MRI machine. We know that when we’re having that burst in our mind of like, Oh, I have this new idea, we can see in the brain about a third of a second before that aha moment, there’s a burst of gamma waves above our right ear. 

 

There’s a certain part of the brain that’s called the anterior temporal gyrus. What we see is that there’s this gamma wave burst and also a rush of blood into that part of the brain. Then even a full second before that, scientists have found that there’s a burst of alpha waves in the right typical cortex, which is where we see; it’s part of our vision cortex. It suppresses vision for just a millisecond. Scientists call it the brain blink.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Coronavirus-Proof Your Business by Leveraging Online Opportunities, with Joel Young

Joel has been working as a solo entrepreneur since 2013 and has used his skills in the fields of animation and video production to start his own business, JumpStartVideo.net. In just a few short years it grew from a side job in the corner of his bedroom to a thriving business that now generates 5 figures a month, and I did all this through good ol’ fashion hustle and online gig platforms like Fiverr.com where he is a top-rated seller an award-winning SUPER SELLER. Our conversation will be even more relevant given the global pandemic that the world is  experiencing right now. 

 

Show Notes

“The internet and online communication is the window into your world – but real life, in person communication / connection is the door.” – ― Rasheed Ogunlaru

 

Even amidst the chaos that is happening around the world, there is never a better time to be alive than it is today. The numerous opportunities that abound far outweigh any set back we could ever face.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast, Joel Young shares his online entrepreneurial journey, providing insight into some of the opportunities that we can tap into as we “coronavirus-proof” our businesses.  

 

Here is a snippet of what Joel shared:

 

“Something I try to remind myself of everyday’s that I live in one of the most accessible and, and dynamic times in the history of humanity. And so I think we sometimes lose that in the middle of all this stuff because we just think about what we’ve lost or what we’re losing or, or the difficulties in front of us. And we forget about the opportunities. And to me, and I gave this advice, advice to my YouTube audience just yesterday, to me, there’s no better time than when the world world shuts down, to hit the gas, start something new or press forward hard on something you’re already doing. Because right now is a time when many people are either working less working differently and trying trying to figure it out, or maybe not working at all because either they can’t or they’re just not sure what to do. So that’s an opportunity for people who have real ambition and drive to do something, maybe new do something more. This is a time when they’re faced with probably more free time than they’ve ever had before.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Rise Up and Just Do the Damn Thing, with Tiffany Largie

There was no magic bullet for coast-to-coast business and sales strategist, Tiffany Largie. She went from being a single mom to building three six-figure businesses, and on to a seven-figure business by the age of 30. Tiffany began with no capital but sheer hard work and determination. Today she helps people create the income, influence, and impact they dream of. She’s the creator of Onwards to Freedom, a group that offers business training and support to idea-driven entrepreneurs. She speaks around the world on sales strategy, entrepreneurship, and profit-building. She has dedicated her life to end small thinking worldwide. 

 

Show Notes

 

“Sometimes you can’t see yourself clearly until you see yourself through the eyes of others.” — Ellen DeGeneres

 

Stop thinking about it. Just get up and do it. This is the essence of the message shared by Tiffany Largie on this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast.

 

Here is a snippet of what Tiffany shared:

 

“Wherever you are right now, like whoever, whether you think you have or you don’t you do at this moment, the greatest thing that you can acknowledge is that you’re enough. And for me, when I say that you’re enough, you’re enough to get to the next step. And when I say forget the future version of you, it’s not just because the future version of you doesn’t matter. But it’s like sometimes we get so overwhelmed with thinking about the 35 steps, when really and truly we just need to focus on the one that lands tomorrow, one step at a time. And if we do enough steps, it’s just one step at a time at the end, we get to the destination, but trying to leave the greatest part of the equation behind which is you your experiences, your stories, it’s not going to work, because your experience is the one thing that we can’t buy in a store.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Monetizing Your Podcast Without a Huge Audience, with Vadim and Sergei Revzin

Sergei Revzin is a Venture Investor at the NYU Innovation Venture Fund where he leads the university’s technology investments, and Vadim Revzin is a professor at NYU and State University of New York where he teaches entrepreneurship and management. The twin brothers host a weekly podcast called The Mentors featuring stories from successful founders and creators and regularly contribute to Forbes.com and HBR.org. They have advised hundreds of startups and have been founders and leaders across several early and growth-stage companies.

 

Show Notes

 

“The last 10% it takes to launch something takes as much energy as the first 90%.” –Rob Kalin

 

It is official! History has been made on The Entrepreneurial You podcast. For the first time ever, we have twin guests, Vadim and Sergei Revzin – double the fun, double the pleasure I say.

 

Having met these two passionate and driven entrepreneurs at Podcast Movement – Evolutions, I knew I had to invite them to the show. 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast, this duo gives us a glimpse into their journey of monetizing their podcast, The Mentors, even prior to having a large audience.

 

Here is a snippet of what Vadim and Sergei shared:

“I think there was a lot of moments. But one that stands out the most is a business that we were working on were from the outside world, things seem to be working pretty well. We had a team. We had a couple of people working on the business, and we were hiring more contractors; we were generating revenue; we were pitching to investors, and we were getting investors interested in the business. But the reality was that we were also at the same time living in New York City, which is one of the most expensive cities in the world and trying to figure out how to pay rent and food and everything like that. And eventually, it became too much. And when the timing didn’t work out of the business, making enough money to cover all the expenses, we were starting to get into debt. And at one point in our late 20s, we had to make the difficult decision to leave the city and move back in with our parents home, which is something that most people don’t want to do, especially here in the States when you’re in your late 20s. That’s just kind of unheard of, but it’s something we absolutely We have no choice. So we were lucky that we had that Support System.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

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How Brands can Utilize the 1 Billion Dollar Podcast Market, with Jeremy Slate

Jeremy is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world.  He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and Noteworthy and #78 in the iTunes top 100. He was named the #1 Podcast to Listen to by INC Magazine in 2019, as well as being named a Top Influencer by Forbes.

 

Show Notes

 

“The most talented, thought-provoking, game-changing people are never normal.” Richard Branson

 

“What can a podcast do for me”, you ask? A billion things but let’s start with the potential for branding. I had a great conversation with Jeremy on the topic for The Entrepreneurial You podcast.

 

Here is a snippet of what Jeremy shared:

 

“In January of 2016, on Twitter, I had 406 followers, Instagram, I had 2107 and Facebook I had 854. Now after doing this podcast since 2016, I’m now verified on Twitter and I have 900,000 followers there; I have 30,700 and Instagram and 35,593 on Twitter. So that can all be done by doing a podcast. and using it as a branding platform in the right way. I literally had nothing when I started.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Augmented Reality: The Next Dimension of Marketing, with Betty Dannewitz

Betty Dannewitz, seasoned learning and development professional, innovation injector and technology enthusiast. Her passion and mission are to help people become better humans through high-performance coaching and development experiences. She also believes very strongly that innovative technology has a huge role in that mission. Looking to move forward? Be better? Well…if you ask betty.

 

Show Notes

 

“I’m excited about augmented reality because unlike virtual reality, which closes the world out, AR allows individuals to be present in the world but hopefully allows an improvement on what’s happening presently.” —Tim Cook

 

Snapchat anyone? Well, that’s just a perfect example of augmented reality (AR)into action. But it isn’t just for the companies with billion-dollar balance sheets. Small operations are implementing AR technologies to edge their competitors.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast, Betty takes us into the realm of augmented reality and how we can leverage it for our success in business.

 

Here is a snippet of what Betty shared:

 

“Let’s start with virtual reality, you’re completely immersed in a completely different environment. In reality, although, actually you are still standing in the same spot when you put the headset on, the only thing you see is this new reality, this new experience and so augmented reality is overlaying content on your existing reality so you’re not covering your eyes. Sometimes you can access augmented reality with glasses, but you can still see what’s happening around you. So it’s overlaying content on top of your existing reality.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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Continuous Learning: A Necessary Tool for an Effective Team, with Brian Washburn

Brian is the co-founder and CEO of Endurance Learning, a boutique instructional design firm dedicated to ensuring every professional development experience is engaging and leads to change. Brian is also the co-creator of Soapbox, the world’s first and only rapid authoring tool for instructor-led training.

 

Show Notes

 

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” – Benjamin Franklin

 

There is no escaping it, you will have to intentionally acquire new skills and competencies if you want to keep up or better yet, stay ahead of the game. It is imperative that organizations invest in training their team so that they can maintain their company’s competitive edge.

 

On this episode of The Entrepreneurial You podcast Brian shares insight into how this can be managed effectively.

 

Here is a snippet of what Brian shared:

 

“When we think of ongoing learning for organizations, I think that the definition of learning needs to be expanded beyond the training environment. Having an opportunity to take a step away from life, take a step away from emails, and phone calls, and get into the training room, or go to a conference and meet other people and network, that’s super important. But a lot of organizations are like, well, we don’t have a budget. If you take a look at ATD, the Association for Talent Development, they have an annual State of the Industry Report, and that will tell you about, according to respondents for this study, how much organizations are spending per head on training, and I think that’s a really interesting benchmark for organizations to take a look at. You know, do we spend any money on formal learning for our staff? How are we measuring up to what the average is.”

 

Listen to the episode and let us know what is your biggest takeaway.

 

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