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The Other Side of LIVE! #10 Branding Your Passion

May 25, 2011 by Success Freaks

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Thanks to everyone who listened to The Other Side of Live! tonight with guests Allison Williams and Charles McFall. The theme was “Branding Your Passion”, and some highlights included:

The power of a concrete product paired with the ability to execute
How to figure out your passion, and where in your life that passion may already be showing
Developing a side hustle based on your passion
Deciding what you want your brand to be, and applying that to your interactions with colleagues, friends and clients
Staying true to your core beliefs while monetizing or making an impact with your passion

People we talked about:

Ramit Sethi, I Will Teach You To Be Rich – I Will Teach You To Be Rich (See all Personal Finance Books)– Ramit has online courses about discovering your side hustle and turning it into income.

Hugh MacLeod, Gaping Void

see Hugh’s Sheep vs Wolves print here.
Ignore Everybody, Hugh’s powerful book on creativity and making a living and the source of our discussion on “cash vs stuff” is here: Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity (See all Business & Investing Books)
and Hugh’s regular blog is here

Gary Vaynerchuck, and his book Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion (See all Business & Investing Books)

Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
as well as his blog, is at: http://www.keithferrazzi.com/

Dragon’s Den, the CBC show on which Allison and her partner Zay won a $250,000 investment for their company, is here:
(it’s worth checking out their blog for advice on pitching your ideas to investors): http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/

Zay the Happy Hatter is here on Etsy – check out the cupcake bikini!

Rich Capitan, creator of improv for kids in Anchorage, Alaska, can be reached through Scared Scriptless

Glennis Williams, the Realtor who will do what it takes to sell your house: http://www.house-hunting.com/glenniswilliams/

Podcasters 2 Guys 1 Brain, Charles’ first comedy venue.

And Allison Williams’ companies –

Starfish Circus, a school residency program in which 80 kids grades K-12 put on a circus show in two weeks.
Aerial Angels, corporate and festival circus entertainment.
Stand Up 8, a touring circus-comedy show.

Allison’s plays are published through Theatrefolk.

Happy clicking, and if you find a link that speaks to you about Branding Your Passion, put it in the comments!

The Other Side of LIVE! #8 Your $ or Your Life

April 27, 2011 by Success Freaks

Your Money or Your Life

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The boys start off light and easy talking about the Easter Sunday weekend at the Ren Fest. Then we have a very special guest join in – Ronn Bauman (Scaramouche of the Tortuga Twins) the Dave Ramsey Missionary!

Ronn talks about growing up poor, learning that way of life, and accumulating a lot of debt. The group moves on to cover the ideas of:

Money is Power
Freedom from Money is power, too
Pay cash as often as you can
Mordant rethinks everything
Emergency fund
Ronn talks about the baby steps

The materials referenced in this episode are:

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The Other Side of LIVE! #7 The First Q&A Variety Show (Goal Setting)

April 13, 2011 by Success Freaks

The First Q & A Variety Show

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Ronnie Rocks joins the boys on the phone to give her thoughts in this episode and she talks about the house in Texas, traveling, and her experiences setting up for the Ren Fest.

Hello Kelli gets the questions rolling with: “How do I patch Dry Wall?”

Aya calls in about goals: “Which works better for you – short term or long term goals?”

Mordant responds with:

Taking baby steps to get to the bigger goal
Be specific about your goals
Acting on your goal

“What do you do when you get discouraged?”
Make a game out of it – our bodies get bored.
Keep yourself engaged
Find what works for you

Fstybrat: “How do you find a way to go to college and work?”
Balance – only take a few classes at a time
Underachieve to Success
Alway have your foundation
Family First

Mordant talks about loving your job and whether or not to stay in a dead end job that you don’t love.

Veronica calls in and gives advice on finding a job that you love.

R. Mordant Mahon references:

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The Other Side of LIVE! #6 Taking Action (Jackson)

March 30, 2011 by Success Freaks

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R. Mordant Mahon and his producer Charles ask the question “Where do actions come from?” The princess calls in and shares a story about how she took action and the experience she gained from it, Mahon brings up personal stories at the behest of Charles, they talk about making lists, taking baby steps, and finding a positive place to dwell. The guys also cover what is Quantum Manifestation and give dueling advice to 2 new callers to the show.

Callers include: The Princess, Rock Giirl, Anya, Annie, David, and a 16yo looking to be in theater.

The media endorsed by R. Mordant Mahon include:

The Other Side of LIVE! #5 Dancing with Fear

March 15, 2011 by Success Freaks

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R. Mordant Mahon is joined by Naomi Mimi, Rhonnie DuBoise, and his producer Charles McFall to ask “What are you afraid of?” The group covers the range of embracing yourself, holding yourself back, how do you react to fear, who can you redefine fear, and dealing with fear in everyday life.

R Mordant Mahon recommends:

The Other Side of LIVE! #4 Facing Adversity

March 1, 2011 by Success Freaks

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R Mordant Mahon is joined by Naomi Mimi, Rhonni Duboise, and his producer Charles Mcfall to discuss the question “what is adversity”. The other topics covered are struggling with fear and doubt, adversity from within and without, can you really get there from here, how to tell a hurdle from a roadblock, and the brighter side of adversity.

R Mordant Mahon recommends reading:

The Other Side of LIVE! #3 – St. Valentine’s Day Afterglow

February 15, 2011 by Success Freaks

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Mordant and Charles hit the podcast after valentines day with what R. Mordant Mahon calls the afterglow. They take calls from Aliah, Katie, Rhonni, and “Charlotte” when asking “What do you think about the commercialization of valentines day?” Other ideas that arise are how hard to work to keep things fresh, Dating vs Marriage, Is chivalry dead & what is the woman’s role, and Dating Do’s and Don’ts.

The article mentioned can be found at blog.okcupid.com

The books referenced by R. Mordant Mahon

The Other Side of LIVE! #2 – Relationships & Romance

February 2, 2011 by Success Freaks

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Mordant is joined by Charles McFall, Rhonni DuBoise, and Naomi Mimi to discus the valentines spirit. The group starts off asking what do you do for Valentines day, they discuss the idea of having a date night at least once a week, and we find out what country valentines originated in. Other ideas discussed include romance happening all of the time, “what about prince charming?”, the ebb an flow of relationships, and protecting your union.

In this episode R. Mordant Mahon referenced:

The Other Side of LIVE! #1 – Your 2011

January 18, 2011 by Success Freaks

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In this debut podcast Mordant is joined by Charles Mcfall of the Bear Crawling Nation as he asks how you are dealing with the resolutions of 2011. He talks about about the ideas of: