Gene Hammett helps business owners define their market, lead their market and own their market.  On his podcast, Leaders in the Trenches, he has interviewed hundreds of leaders and NY Times best-selling authors. Gene is honored to have shared the platform with legend, Jack Canfield and been featured in Forbes, NBC, and Huffington Post.  Gene is also a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com.

Show Highlights – Gene’s advice to you

• A lot of people are not willing to marshal their bravery to go after what they want as they are complacent. If you are just going along but want something else and not willing to give up what you have, it is because you don’t have the bravery to do it.
• Not sure what path to take, be CALM – Clarify vision, Access the opportunities (instead of doing what used to doing, what other options are available), Launch into action, Measure success so know on track.
• A lot of times people don’t think big enough. They got caught up in what they think is attainable because they have a belief structure and comfort zone that does not allow them to see bigger. Go for bigger and not just what is possible. Spend a little more time looking at possibility; it allows you to structure the next steps.

Sandy Lawrence is the Founder and CEO of Perceptive Marketing and had received numerous awards including being named #17 in Houston’s Top Social Influencers. She is a top 25 Marketing/Public Relations Firm in Houston and the author of several books, including the Do It Yourself PR Guide and Soar 2 Success in Marketing: 58 Tips to Getting the Word out and Growing your Business. Sandy also has a chapter in the International Bestseller, Share Your Message with the World.

Show Highlights – Sandy’s advice to you

• Don’t do it all alone. You need to surround yourself with a community of like-minded people who understand what you are about.
• An entrepreneur has to be willing to acknowledge that although they wear many hats, they are not the best at everything. They need to bring in the person who is the most qualified for areas they need assistance.
• We can’t see how it is all going to turn out. Take the next inspired step. Approach your goals one decision at a time. Just get off the fence and take the next step.

What does BRAVERY mean?

Nothing exciting happens in the comfort zone. If you are going to reach the unknown and be brave, you have to leave the comfort zone and go to a world of meeting many people, learning a lot and investing more. You move forward before you start to help all the people you are meant to help. You need to take the first step and be BRAVE.

Join my podcast with Patty Farmer. Patty Farmer is a multi-award winning Marketing and Social Media Strategist, International Speaker, Trainer, Radio Host and Best-Selling Author.

Patty has created a network of 100,000 + connections while teaching thousands of entrepreneurs, coaches, speakers and authors how to effectively build their online and offline communities, create profitable joint ventures and build a large and responsive e-mail list using a non-competitive and dynamic collaboration strategy.

Listen in for Patty's advice.

Be true to yourself. Get away from the noise and don’t just listen to what others are telling you. Sometimes you have to listen to your gut and do it your way.

Ask why you are running towards something. With fear, don’t just ask why you are running from it, but ask why you are running towards it. Examine why you are in the game and you might discover the reason for your fear.

Your coach is there to tell you to “Get It Done”. They need to call you on it. Your coach is not your counselor giving you months to figure it out – they need to call you on it now.

Know your why. You need to know your why to drive you to do those things you want to do and the things you don’t want to do. We all have a different why; no one’s why is any more or less important. However, you need to know your why to keep going.

What does BRAVERY mean?

Bravery means you want it so bad and even though you are scared – you will do it anyway.

Bryan Kiser is known as “The World’s Greatest Connector” because he is always connecting people so that they can be better, serve better or live better. It is a natural ability that he mastered while building teams over 28 years.

Bryan started off his career as a driver who grew various businesses to massive success. After the business would achieve its desired growth, he would move on to the next opportunity. Bryan discovered that he should take his method for business building and teach it to others. During this next phase of his life, Bryan built his own network of connections and got the name “The World’s Greatest Connector”.

Bryan’s coaching company “Growth Coaching Systems” has a rolodex of people he can call on. First you schedule a free call, next you come in for a whiteboard meeting and an outline of the steps you need to take is made. If Group Coaching Systems is not the right coach, they have a defined process to get you the right coach.

We are not meant to serve everybody. You need to find a coach that can draw out of you what is working well and fill in the gaps of what are the best steps to take for you to achieve the success you deserve.

Hailing from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Aime is a true survivor. Being born 3 months early was just the start of her struggles she has overcome in her lifetime. Aime is now an Empowerment Leader helping tween and teen girls believe in themselves when they think no one does. She is also a 3 time International Best Selling Author/Compiler, and Canadian Ambassador for the Freedom & Empowerment Campaign, a global campaign dealing with domestic abuse/dating violence. Where she won the International Ambassador of the Year for 2013.

For Aime, being brave means standing up for yourself, speaking your mind and being okay with whom you are and how you want to express yourself.

Aime was told by her teachers that she would not rise above being a C student. Aime's bravest moment was when she had to rise above the mental blocks and write her first book about dreams and overcoming obstacles. Her bravery led her to write a book that became a local success and gave her more book writing opportunities that included contributing to two books that became international best sellers.

Listen in to learn how Aime faces her fear. Learn the importance of asking for guidance from others and how by understanding your uniqueness you can face the fear.

Aime shares her 3 keys to bring into business and life

• Keep going inch by inch. You don't have to take massive steps; you can take steps inch by inch.
• Believe in yourself
• Let others help you. You need to ask for help and you need to let others help you.

Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode

"The Hidden Jewels to Being a Wonder Girl" version 1. Receive for FREE the intro to Aime's eBook, for tween girls, about discovering their unique gifts, and more!

Inch By Inch Empowerment: Aime works to empower tween and teen girls through their own empowerment cycle of life. Her program modules are interactive and technology driven. With experiential activities for both online and live events, tween or teen girls will experience their own empowerment.

Success in (high) Heels ~ Your 30 Day Feast to Success: Aime’s chapter is “Do You Dare More?” Aime shares about her worries of being in business, doing things for the first time, and how she stretched outside of her box.