“Give somebody fish they'll eat for a day, teach them how to fish they will eat for life”
Chief Awesomeness Officer is just one of the many titles that Arthur Carmazzi holds in his lifetime. He is also the founder of the Directive Communication Psychology, a motivational Keynote Leadership speaker and he has also been named as one of the top 10 leadership Gurus Globally.
At a very young age, Arthur already had a knack for being an entrepreneur. He sold bubble yum and fake tattoos during his early teen years and with this, he was able to buy his first car during 8th grade. After an amazing business streak, he got stabbed in Puerto Rico and his life completely changed. He traveled the world for 3 years, met a girl, followed her to Korea, went broke, went half a million in debt and got a job which he did not like. But during his lowest point he had an epiphany that paved the way to his now most successful ventures.
Discover how Arthur came up with the concept of Avalon, his ideas for Directive Communication Psychology and how Gamification came about. Here in this podcast he also talks to Kim about his Squadli app, his book and how his creations can lead your company to a higher performing culture.
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Episode Highlights:
01:57 What is a Chief Awesome-ness Officer?
03:58 Entrepreneur at a very young age
17:17 Directive Communication Discovery
21:02 Bali in the beginning
26:38 Let’s talk Gamification
“I am willing to take all the risk and be disliked by people because I know that the positivity that I spread completely outweighs that negativity”
Trevor Perry is a URXO perspective catalyst and his passion is to let people know that they are EXTRAORDINARY, hence the URXO title. Coming from a small country town in Australia, Trevor was a very entertaining young kid who was very good at Math. With this, he went on to be an Accountant and thought this would be his career for life; not until his divorce. Going through a hard time he went into improv and street theater and rediscovered himself. He then found a passion for storytelling.
His message is all about being extraordinary, finding your passion and learning to overcome your fears. In this podcast he also talks about MAD or your “make a difference thing” and the equation on how to live an extraordinary life.
Let Trevor and Kim guide you as you find your life message and become the person you are meant to become.
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Episode Highlights:
01:55 URXO is not just a Russian boys name
04:10 Starting point for Trevor
13:18 Fear and how it holds you back
15:18 Finding your passion
22:23 The equation for living an extraordinary life
“Along the way, there are silver linings, and if we are not still we don't see them, just be still...those silver linings are what can bring you joy”
In this podcast, Kim will be talking to Laura Frankln Pederson, founder of Choose Joy foundation. Laura started the foundation at 2010 to honor the memory of her blogger sister Sara Frankln.
Listen as Laura chronicles her journey from the time when her “Gitzen girl” passed away, to her breast cancer struggle, to the time when it all dawned on her that joy is a choice. Laura will also be discussing with Kim about her ministry, about how changing your perspective can change your life, why you need to be still and why we need to trust God above all.
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Episode Highlights:
00:03 That perspective
03:05 When everything started for Laura
07:01 Sara Frankl’s as God’s disciple
10:42 The main word is not joy; It’s “CHOOSE”
19:07 Leap of faith
“Let’s pull it out of our head and out of our heart and into our life. And let’s make THAT the thing we show up in everyday.”
Erica has been an entrepreneur for 19 years, but a successful entrepreneur for 10. During multiple climbs up the wrong mountain, she learned what true success looks like to her, and fought back against burnt-out and external satisfaction.
Listen as Kim and Erica chat about climbing their own Mount Dooms, essential entrepreneurial self-care, and alignment with our internal navigation systems.
HIGHLIGHTS
3:20 The lessons learned from climbing the wrong mountain
7:50 Pursuing impact and purpose rather than income, and quality before quantity
9:15 How we show up in our lives in our own ways
12:10 Making our dreams a reality
15:05 Erica’s acronym for RAT RACE
20:15 How Erica sets goals
24:40 Stop “should’ing” on yourself
31:19 How can we live a happy life experience when we’re carrying a lot of baggage
48:50 “It only gets better”
You're invited to find the show notes, resources and transcription for this episode at https://thekimsutton.com/pp550.
“There’s two ways we can look at the world. There’s a fixed mindset… and there’s a growth mindset… People who have a growth mindset are more likely to be successful.”
The entrepreneurial world is very small, and, coincidentally, Bonnie Fahy and Kim worked together 5-6 years before this conversation.
Bonnie was a balloon artist, who, after learning about SEO, became a consultant. At a conference party, she was amazed by the $38K+ bar bill they racked up in a couple hours — and didn’t even flinch over. She wanted to know how they managed to make the money to afford such bills.
Listen to hear Bonnie and Kim dive deep into the topic of outsourcing!
HIGHLIGHTS
3:30 A $38,000 bar bill
5:30 Changes
15:10 Building a team without bankrupting yourself
19:00 Diligently delegating to we can stay in our genius zone
30:15 Intrinsic fit factors
30:45 Interview projects
34:55 Kim’s hiring disqualification process
36:20 Bonnie’s hiring process
You're invited to find the show notes, resources and transcription for this episode at https://thekimsutton.com/pp548
As we work to grow, personally and professionally, it's important to be mindful about the circumstances - internal and external - which may hold us back. Listen as Kim Sutton shares a few ways she's been caught up in her own Cinderella tale, and how you can prevent doing the same.
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“Focus on your next 90 days… People over-estimate what they can do in a day, and under-estimate what they can do in five years.”
Peter Shinen grew up in a family business, and saw the business scale tremendously. Having seen growth from the ground-up, he’s now taking his experience to empower entrepreneurs as an ROI maximizer.
During their chat, Peter and Kim dive in to parentpreneurship, and the five F’s: faith, family, fitness, fun and finances.
HIGHLIGHTS
3:40 Parentpreneurs and the lack of business boundaries
12:00 How do you balance as a parentpreneur without guilt?
19:00 F-It: Faith, family, fitness, fun and finances
21:55 Love others as you love yourself
39:15 Accountability partners
42:20 Maximizing the day’s bookends
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“The missing piece is always action.”
Julie started her entrepreneurial journey as a real estate investor in 2001, and wrote her first book to share her experience and expertise in that field. After being told the book wouldn’t sell, she took it to a #1 Amazon Best Seller. Book Launchers came to be after friends and colleagues wanted to know how Julie took her self-published book to the top.
Listen as Julie and Kim talk about the right and wrong ways to write and market your (next) book!
HIGHLIGHTS
3:57 Why Kim resisted writing her book, and the objectives she has for her book today
6:10 Tactful marketing and business objectives within the pages
7:56 What’s your most important thing right now?
13:37 Which comes first? The book or the platform?
18:30 Book marketing dos and don’ts
25:18 The wizard and the tentacles
28:40 Buying your way on to the Amazon Best Seller list
40:00 How important is passion in the book-writing process?
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“Don’t wait to be ready. Take imperfect action.”
Michelle has been a professional performer for 30 years, and was called to be on stage as a child despite a ton of fear. Today, Michelle is the founder, owner and CEO of The Inspired Voice Business Coaching, and helps others find and free their voice.
During their conversation, Kim and Michelle discuss the multiple levels of visibility and authenticity we all need to have to take our lives to the next level.
HIGHLIGHTS
4:35 Kim shares her fear of video
5:55 Authenticity, vulnerability and un-perfectionism
8:19 Systemizing visibility
10:30 Record and release method
11:45 Where does stage fright come from?
19:05 Willingness to play bigger
24:42 Our public vs. private personas
37:10 Self-expression and self-care
42:55 Different creation styles
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“It’s really not about the money. It’s about the purpose and what you’re doing.”
Debra is the CEO of Creative Mind Media, and coaches based on Jungian psychology. In this powerful conversation, Debi and Kim dive deep into how our businesses are a reflection of our mind, and the action steps we can take to see immediate improvement!
HIGHLIGHTS
1:50 What is Jungian psychology?
7:40 Oneness and Imposter Syndrome
10:20 Looking externally vs. internally
11:27 Feel good goals and deadlines
12:30 The shadow (duality)
21:08 What public rants say about you
31:40 The three levels of being
40:30 Non-judgement and alignment of actions
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“If you’re not having fun, stop doing it.”
Johnathan started his entrepreneurial journey at 14 mowing lawns. Today he is the Co-Founder of Penji, a provider of unlimited graphic design. Listen as Johnathan and Kim chat about mindset, team building, productivity, delegation and more.
HIGHLIGHTS
9:00 Johnathan defines “Lucky” and explains his thoughts on luck
10:50 What Penji does
12:55 Cutting back on service to step up success
15:40 Unlimited graphic design
20:40 Ego and how it affects business growth
28:00 Helping our team members achieve THEIR dreams
32:25 Instagram pods
48:00 Task prioritization and delegation
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“It’s good and healthy to aspire and to drive and to be committed. And it’s also good and healthy to know that you will fall short and you are still of value. You are still of worth. You are still ‘perfect.’”
Shannon is the CEO of Future State, however it was a full-circle journey which brought her to this role. During their deep conversation, Kim and Shannon chat about health and wellness, leadership, employee care, and a whole lot more!
HIGHLIGHTS
8:00 The “price” of free
14:00 Setting examples as leaders when valuing our own health, wellbeing and success
20:20 What do Shannon and Future State do?
25:58 Shannon explains what a B Corp is
28:45 Impact AND income
40:02 Qualities of a successful CEO
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Maintaining physical, emotional and financial health requires letting go of what's not working in our lives. Listen as Kim Sutton shares a few recent experiences, and challenges you to make room for good.
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Jac Julien is an anti-hustle coach who helps people get out of the grind and back to working in flow. Listen as Kim and Jac cover a wide variety of topics including mompreneurship, time management, mental health, delegating tasks and more!
HIGHLIGHTS
3:20 The need which led Jac to become an anti-hustle coach and the changes which resulted
8:15 “What does hustle mean to you?”
13:00 Bartering with time and money
21:40 Balancing the simple pleasures (aka time sucks) with productivity
28:30 What would Jac delegate?
32:30 39 going on 13
37:00 Hiding anxiety
39:00 Jac’s Why
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Alison Donaghey was a single mom on welfare when her boyfriend died, leaving her to figure out what to do next. Listen to hear how Alison turned a challenging time into a thriving business!
10:45 Ignorance is bliss
11:45 Kim shares her story of leaving her ex-husband
14:00 Growing a team and growing pains
15:40 Domino Thinking: Challenging people to think about what they’re thinking about
19:15 Honoring your worth
22:15 Alison’s sleep schedule
25:30 Alison’s journey as a podcaster
29:00 We all need something to hate
33:50 Cause and effect strategy consulting
45:00 Self-inflicted victimhood
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“If your life is calling you to do something greater, then your responsibility is to not do it, but rather cause it to happen.”
Jarrod Haning is a serial entrepreneur, whose experience taught him the critical skills and mindset needed to take a business from suffering to successful. Listen as Jarrod shares a boatload of golden nuggets!
3:50 Jarrod’s entrepreneurial journey
9:00 “I was switching horses because I thought there was something wrong with my horse.”
10:10 “Stop working 1-on-1”
14:00 “Grow happens when they’re doing it, not when you’re talking about it.”
20:15 I’ve been riding my horse upside-down and backwards
22:12 “Are you determined to find a way? Or are you determined to find a reason why you can’t but others can?”
23:20 Jarrod shifts again… And how/why it happened
29:40 “Being focused on getting things done doesn’t cause things to get done.”
31:53 “You cannot solve a bad solve a bad strategy with stubbornness.”
34:53 The fire chief analogy
47:48 “If I’m doing the work, my company’s falling behind.”
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“Really find a way to put in practice the things that fuel your most creative energy”
Steven Little is the founder and managing partner for Zero Limits Ventures. He started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 13 and when he turned 15 he sold his first company for not less than 6 figures. Listen to Steve as he brings Kim through his amazing adventures as an entrepreneur and shares his learnings about starting and selling his businesses.
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Highlights:
1:20 The start of Steven’s journey in business
10:51 Steve’s first important lesson about the value of business
17:05 How do entrepreneurs drive value for their business?
28:43 Treating your business as an income source and not as an asset
41:16 Mission orientation as a significant value driver
“If you want something badly enough, you can make anything happen for yourself.”
Matt Sweetwood turned tragedy into triumph after he suddenly became a single parent of five, with a struggling business.
Listen to hear how Matt learned to look at life through a different lens and turned life around for him and his family.
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“Yogaha is the science of how to live right. It is very important to incorporate it in every aspect of our life.” -Shanthi Yogini
The vital question: What really is Yoga? Many are aware of what Yoga is but only a few understand what it really is or how it should be done. Today’s interview with Yoga Teacher-Trainer and #1 International Best-Selling Author, Shanthi Yogini will bring us back to the authenticity of Yoga and how we can all benefit from it.
Started out as a software engineer, Shanthi Yogini was giving back as much to the society. But realizing that she neglected giving back to herself, she made a life-changing decision. So for today’s lesson: Yoga101. Empty your vessels as you learn Yoga in its purest form. Also, as a sweet treat, join our very own host, Kim Sutton as she attends her first-ever Yoga class!
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Episode Highlights:
01:24 3 Questions
07:04 Yoga Beneath the Surface
18:51 Yoga 101
35:45 Bit by Bit
41:29 The WH’s of Yoga
I've never been good at New Year's Resolutions, so in 2019, I decided to take on the year differently. In this episode, I share my 19 for 2019 list, as previously shared on my blog.
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Cody Dakota Wooten and Kim Sutton discuss multiple facets of leadership, including mentorship, communication, delegation, self-care and more!
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“Life is too short for you to live in the shadows. We were created by light … Do not give the power of your light. Claim it for yourself!”- Belkis Clarke-Mitcham
Life is marked with so much pain that it became a normal part of living. But how can we choose to be happy amidst all of these? Kim interviews Belkis Clarke, a Spiritual Life coach and a Motivational Teacher.
Robbed out of her childhood innocence by abusive people, Belkis struggled with a load of negative emotions while growing up. Suicidal attempts were her way out until she came to the realization of transforming her own life on the basis of her worth. Today, she is geared by her own experiences and passion to help others hold on to their own happiness. As their discussion goes on, Kim as well, shared her own life lessons and was able to find out what she wants to be as a speaker.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear how you can break away from the chains of traumatic events in your life. Stay till the end and learn how you can get your free gift from our guest Belkis Clarke!
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Episode Highlights:
02:35 From Light to Darkness: Losing Childhood
09:03 A Tiny Spark of Light: Opening Up
20:30 Let There Be Light: Acceptance
29:02 Going Out Into the Light: Healing Your Source
38:50 Unleash the Light: In 90 Days
“I used to think it was all about the money...but we really all want much more than that...so it led me from focusing on helping people just make more money to being on a mission to helping them make more money, experience more joy, and succeed with ease”
Here we have on this podcast Roberta Ross, the President of Six Figure Real Estate Coach Inc. Now a polarizing figure in the business of Real estate, you would not even realize that her entrepreneur journey started in her dorm room at 19 years old. She is now an author, successful speaker, a coach, a wife, and a mom.
Roberta speaks to agents and entrepreneurs about business strategy, lead generation and how to rise above the competition. Her approach has always been a balance between and personal growth.
Let Roberta take you through all her ups and downs as she discusses her experiences with success and what she discovered about it. Throughout the podcast, Roberta and Kim talk about the Trilogy of success, being an inner world person, being a creator vs being a competitor and Roberta’s mission to help people not only make more money but to succeed with ease.
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Episode Highlights:
01:22 A 120 speeches in a year???
06:30 The Trilogy of success
13:30 Competition and creation
29:53 Limiting beliefs
38:43 Roberta’s new podcast coming out
After an intense three month struggle with anxiety, I finally realized the cause. Listen to learn what I discovered, and how I've tackled to prevent the same from happening in the future.
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“There is always something you can be grateful for, there is always something you can look forward to if you choose to…it’s a choice, and that’s “Best Day Of My Life”, you choose it”
Adam Sobieski is the Director of Sales for the lifestyle brand called “The Best Day Of My Life”. The brand started from precisely that tongue and cheek saying among friends, and it grew from an idea to a full on business.
Join Kim and Adam as he chronicles his journey with the company. How he started it off with friends, surprisingly got the phrase trademarked and how Tony Carlson, his mentor helped them out. With all the ups and downs, let Adam inspire you as he stays positive and continues to carry that “Best Day Of My Life” perspective with him.
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Episode Highlights:
00:57 That was the best day of life
06:04 The take over
17:30 People connection
27:15 The “BestDayofMyLife” perspective
45:29 Adam’s looking forward