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The Mind Your Business Podcast

All entrepreneurs want to know the secret to success. James Wedmore, an 8-figure online entrepreneur, believes success is created by mindset over strategy, magic over metrics, and attitude over action. In this podcast, James untangles the common misconception that hustle and hard work are all it takes to be successful.
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Feb 27, 2023

Today we have the final installment of our three-part Leadership Series for you, where we’ve been discussing how to build a winning team. In this special series we  interview extraordinary leaders, and not necessarily just business owners, and we’ve already highlighted leaders in the film industry as well as a leader in the field of athletics. In this episode, Jen talks with our friend, the amazing Erika Wykes-Sneyd, about how to be an egoless leader and turn ANY team into champions, which is something she has a lot of insight in! 

Erika is the Vice President of Adidas’ Three Stripes Studio, and since joining the company in 2021 as the Vice President of Originals Basketball and Partnerships, her dedication to embracing cultural change and disruption underpinned the move to her current role as the founder and head of the brand’s dedicated Web 3 team. Erika has an extensive resume, including roles with Google, Boeing, Uber and more, and in this episode, she reveals the ways in which she shows up as a leader, how has been able to overcome imposter syndrome along her journey, and Erika shares her structures, strategies and formulas for turning teams around and motivating others in this process! 

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @heyerikaws.

One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too! 

Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise!

Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show!

I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode.

For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/598 

 

Feb 20, 2023

Today we have Part 2 of our Leadership Series for you, where we’re discussing how to build a winning team. In this special series, Jen and I are interviewing extraordinary leaders, and not necessarily just business owners. This time we’re featuring Jen’s highschool volleyball coach, Michael Kane, who she credits for helping her become the performance coach that she is today!

Coach Michael Kane has an impressive resume that includes 6 State Championship titles and with over 800 wins he is one of the winningest coaches in Texas volleyball history. Michael is the Director of Austin Performance Volleyball and Head Coach of Dripping Springs High School, and he has accomplished many accolades over the course of over two decades as a coach. Michael’s teams have qualified 9 times for the Junior Olympic Championships, and he has 22 consecutive playoff appearances with 9 Final Four appearances, as well as training over 40 Division I collegiate athletes. 

Micheal is a motivational speaker who has committed his entire career to both high school and club volleyball programs and players, but what stood out the most to us during this conversation was just how humble of a man Michael is and the amazing example of egoless leadership he displays, and we can’t wait for you to learn from him today! 

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @coachmkane.

One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too! 

Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise!

Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show!

I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode.

For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/597 

 

Feb 13, 2023

Today’s episode kicks off a brand new series on the show, which is all about leadership. Our first guest is Director of the Academy Awards-nominated Shrek 2, and Director of the ground-breaking animated movie, Sausage Party. It’s none other than Conrad Vernon (who also happens to be the voice of Gingy from Shrek)! 

In this first episode of the series, we’re talking all about how to lead with creativity when it counts, and you won’t want to miss our upcoming episodes on leadership! 

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us @jameswedmore, @jeunejenni and @conniev711. 

One of the reasons I’m doing this leadership series is that Jen and I are so passionate about cultivating leadership within yourself and your team, if you want to grow a great business and discover new levels of unleashed performance in your life! We are so excited to announce our 3-day live, immersive and transformational workshop that we are hosting in Phoenix, Arizona, this March 29th, 30th and 31st, called Indispensable Leadership. In it, we’ll walk you through over a decade of tools, exercises and distinctions that we have embodied in our organizations in order to unleash performance in our team, and of course, ourselves. If you’re ready to transform yourself and step into the role that your business needs of you, and make a difference in more people’s lives, then we invite you to join us for this very special event. The best part is that as a special listener of our podcast, I want to give you $100 off your ticket price! At checkout, simply use the code “PODCAST” and you’ll instantly receive this discount. Head over to https://businessbydesign.net/leadership to register now, and you can even bring your team too! 

Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise!

Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show!

I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode.

In this episode you’ll hear:

  • Why Conrad says that leadership is about so much more than just who the leader is

  • How he learned valuable leadership lessons on his own journey 

  • What to say, and not say, to get the most out of your team and some of the ways that DreamWorks Animation cultivates team moral 

  • How Conrad responds to both the good and bad ideas that are brought to him 

  • What it’s like working on a film with multiple directors 

  • Conrad’s thoughts on getting creativity from your team members 

  • An example of a difficult conversation that he had to have as a leader 

  • The story of how Conrad became the voice of the Gingerbread Man in Shrek

  • Why he says that the money in any venture comes from doing something differently, and how he is pushing new boundaries in the field of animation 

  • What Conrad advises do to integrate new employees into a high-performing team 

For full show notes and links, visit: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/596 

Feb 6, 2023

Last week’s episode was a look back at how I created my first $1 million dollar year in business, and today I’m joined again by Team Wedmore’s Jennifer Finley, who is here to get all the details on what it really took to make the leap to $10 million in annual sales. As I always say, “what got you here, won’t get you there”, and today I reveal the mindset shifts needed, the huge role building the right team played, what most entrepreneurs are missing in order to uplevel their business, and so much more! 

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag us, @jameswedmore and @jeunejenni! 

Business By Design is coming June 1st! To join the priority notification list and to be the first in line when the doors open, go to www.jameswedmore.com/rise!

Haven’t left a review yet? All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/itunes, and thanks for your support of this show!

I want to invite you to help contribute to this podcast by submitting a question for a #Q&AEdition of The Mind Your Business Podcast. All you have to do is go to http://jameswedmore.com/QA and record a question (under 4 minutes or less) that could be featured on an upcoming episode.

In this episode you’ll hear:

  • How our latest episode on creating your first $1 million year resonated with listeners, in their own words 
  • The role that thinking differently and taking different actions had in making the jump to 8-figures in annual revenue 
  • Why I feel that the stage I’m in now is the biggest evolution that I’ve gone through to date 
  • The “lightbulb moment” I had about the identity of the entrepreneur versus the identity of the Digital CEO 
  • How assembling and developing a team to assist in this journey made all the difference on the journey to exceed $10 million in revenue 
  • The ways in which many business owners are looking at building a team in the wrong way 
  • The common symptoms I’m seeing in a lot of burgeoning CEO’s
  • What exactly is missing in most entrepreneurs that they must learn in leadership in order to unlock the next level of team 

Learn more at: https://www.mindyourbusinesspodcast.com/blog/595 

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