The Influential Leader Blog

Find Your Life's Purpose in 60 Seconds

“You're most powerfully positioned to serve the person that you once were.”

The Secret to Becoming an Influential Leader

“Most people look for shortcuts. Influential people make good decisions, even when nobody's watching.”

How to Find Your Ideal Audience

The most important personal branding question is "Who do I serve?", and you can find your "who" by answering these five questions about yourself and your expertise.

How to Find Your Brand's Uniqueness

When you have diluted focus, you get diluted results.

How to Be Comfortable Selling High Dollar Offers

If you're having a conversation with somebody and you're focused on the sale, you're going to lose the relationship.

3 Takeaways From my Podcast Interview With Annie F. Downs

"If you're doing the work yourself, you can afford to hire someone to do it instead. You're either paying someone else at their rate of pay, or you are paying yourself at yours."

How to Gain More Publicity for Your Brand

“If you don’t have a mainstream product, you don’t need mainstream media!”

3 Ways to Find Your Niche

You don't need to have millions of followers, millions of downloads, or hundreds of employees. You need to focus on the one thing you do best!

15 Legal Strategies Entrepreneurs Can Use to Reduce Taxes

“The only two certainties in life are death and taxes.” - Benjamin Franklin

3 Things to Keep in Mind While Building Your Personal Brand

Focus on what you can control.

5 Ways to Never Run out of Purpose

Don’t go searching for happiness, go searching for someone to help.

Overcoming Your Invisible Villain: Self-Talk

The human brain is not designed for success. It is designed for survival – conserving energy, keeping you safe, creating certainty, and avoiding risk.

CONQUER Procrastination and ACHIEVE Your Goals

Procrastination is the most expensive invisible cost in business today.

The BEST Method for Getting Referrals

Clarify exactly who you're looking for. Don't ask for someone who needs the solution that you sell, ask for someone who has the problem that you solve.

3 Ways to Achieve Financial Freedom

Financial freedom comes from hard work, determination, and a plan.

4 Keys to Consistent Success

There is simply no replacement for being willing to outwork everybody else.

Why Trademarks are Important for Your Brand

Investors will always ask how many trademarks you have.

The Morning Routine You Need to Succeed

The moment you come into consciousness each morning, there is a battle for your mind. You need to win that battle and take conscious control of your mind or your unconscious mind is just going to take over.

7 Reasons Why I Stopped Drinking

I didn't have a ton of regrets in my life, but I had some big ones, and in all of them, I was drunk.

So I thought, “If I stopped drinking, maybe I'll have fewer regrets in my life.”

The FASTEST Way to Become a Paid Professional Speaker

You shouldn’t be looking for high-paying gigs in the beginning of your speaking career, you should be looking for the least competition with the most exposure.