Elevate With Jack Delosa: Recent Episodes
Elevate With Jack Delosa
In a world that not only tolerates but promotes mediocrity, we share a vision, of becoming the fullest expression of ourselves. There’s an awakening, for us to have a desire to do good, live with gratitude, and bring positivity into the world.
But how do we do that? Where are the guides? Who do we turn to?
$100m + CEO, entrepreneur, investor, and best-selling author Jack Delosa gives you access to the most successful people from around the world so that you live a life that lights you up so that you can illuminate the world.
In this episode, Jack Delosa sits down with Katie Williams, former champion sprinter turned fitness business person, to discuss her journey towards achieving high performance in various aspects of her life.
Katie opens up about coming out about her sexuality, managing her mental health, and the importance of authenticity in her personal brand. She shares her experiences with vulnerability and how it has played a role in her growth as a leader and influencer.
Join us as we dive deep into the topic of authenticity and its impact on leadership and success.
Katie Williams is an Australian fitness influencer, entrepreneur, and sprinting champion titleholder. Since then she launched her own fitness business and became a popular social media influencer in Australia. She has since built a loyal following on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok, where she shares her fitness routines, healthy recipes, and lifestyle tips with her followers. In addition to her work in the fitness industry, Katie is also an advocate for mental health awareness and LGBTQ+ rights, and has been vocal about her own struggles with anxiety and depression.
- Instagram: @katiewilliams
- TikTok: @katie.williams.1
Who is Jack Delosa?:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
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Jack Delosa answers some of the questions submitted on social media about spirituality, personal development, and how to get the best out of yourself as a business owner, an entrepreneur, and a human being.
Chapters0:00 - 1:43 Intro
1:43 - 4:41: What is the most common spiritual block that business owners face?
4:41 - 7:26: What is the best way to develop discipline and motivation?
7:26 - 9:54 Are you just using your spirituality to promote your business?
9:54 - 12:05 What's the best way to overcome self-doubt?
12:05 - 16:58 Is trusting your instinct the most important part of being an entrepreneur?
16:58 - 18:06 - Outro
Make sure you submit your questions for Jack to answer on this social media
About Jack Delosa:Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times. Follow him on socials**https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
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Jack Delosa answers your questions about his experience being away on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson.
Jack shares his insights and observations from being around some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and the key lessons that can help you ELEVATE your life, your business, and the world around you.
00:00 - 01:00 - Intro
01:00 - 03:21 - Following in the footsteps of the greats
03:21 - 04:40 - Spending time with Sir Richard Branson
04:40 - 04:46 - Top 3 lessons from Necker Island
04:46 - 05:54 - Getting back to the fundamentals
05:54 - 11:45 - Lesson No. 1: Win the game, before it begins
11:45 - 15:29 - Lesson No. 2: Prioritise energy & vitality!
15:29 - 23:10 - Lesson No. 3: Even the greats, study the greats
23:10 - 26:05 - Final Thoughts
Make sure you submit your questions for Jack to answer on this social media
About Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
Jack Delosa speaks with wellness specialist and breath work coach Samson Odusanya. Samson's passion is helping people reconnect with their true selves and live fuller more meaningful and present lives.
After sharing his story and experiences with meditation, plant medicine and inner child work, Samson takes Jack through a guided breath work exercise to clear your mind and refocus on being connected to yourself.
00:00 - 2:25 - Intro
2:25 - 5:33 - Physical VS Non-Physical
5:33 - 14:50 - The story of Samson's life
14:50 - 27:36 - Samson's experience with personal development & inner child work
27:36 - 34:35 - Silent meditation, Plant Medicine & an Incan Shaman
34:35 - 43:27 - How your body signals your brain to learn
43:27 - 44:42 - All About Breath Work
44:42 - 52:44 - Guided Breath Work exercise
52:44 - 55:33 - How Samson maintains & builds a deeper connection to self?
55:33 - 56:10 - Who do you pray to?
56:10 - 56:39 - Stay connected with Samson
56:39 - 57:46 - Outro
About Samson Odusanya:**
Samson Odusanya is a coach, a healer, and an empowerment guide based out of Austin, Texas. He believes his purpose is to support people and guide them to remember their own power and lead them back to themselves. He does this through holistic modalities, nutritious meals, fitness training, and mindset coaching. We discuss breathwork as a way to support our body’s nervous system and release trapped emotions – you know, the ones we never talk about (but probably should!) – and unpack how he got into his own healing journey before taking on the task of helping others.
About Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
Have you felt like you have achieved all that you’re meant to achieve, but deep down felt disconnected from self, anxious and depressed?
This week Jack Delosa speaks with Australian entrepreneur & author Sarah Hawley. Sarah is the CEO & Founder of Growmotely.com, a global remote work marketplace that is aiming to redefine work for humanity.
Sarah shares her journey of struggle and the inner work that revealed how to create a life of absolute freedom. Jack and Sarah discuss her expansion to the US, what conscious leadership looks like, and much, much more.
00:00 - 01:40 Intro
01:40 - 09:02 Sarah's personal growth and spiritual journey
09:02 - 14:15 The breakdown
14:15 - 16:40 Going on a silent retreat
16:40 - 18:40 Being scared of having no distractions
18:40 - 19:45 You don't have to be anything for anyone
19:45 - 20:38 The benefit of the silent retreat
20:38 - 23:23 The next step of the healing journey
23:23 - 26:55 Soltara Ayahuasca Healing Center
26:55 - 30:13 The healing ceremony and the path to forgiveness
30:13 - 33:03 How does ayahuasca enable such a fundamental transformation?
33:03 - 36:36 Accessing the feminine perspective
36:36 - 39:05 Doing inner child work
39:05 - 44:30 What does conscious leadership look like?
44:30 - 46:29 How did Sarah foster such a deep degree of trust?
46:29 - 53:36 What is an example of a little by little step?
53:36 - 55:39 What is Growmotely?
55:39 - 1:01:01 The recruitment process
1:01:01 - 1:04:02 Working remotely
1:04:02 - 1:08:10 The practice of self-care and self-nourishment
1:08:10 - 1:09:54 Outro
* *About Sarah Hawley
Sarah Hawley is a serial entrepreneur and investor in startups, having founded 8 companies since 2009.
Following three successful ($2m+) exits, she is currently the Founder & CEO of growmotely.com (the first global platform for sourcing, growing and leading remote teams).
Recognized as the IFA Thought Leader of the Year
Named as one of Melbourne’s Top 100 most influential, inspiring and creative citizens by The Age
Listed in the Top 50 Female Entrepreneurs under 40 by Shoestring.
She has completed the Entrepreneurial Master Program at MIT, holds a Bachelor of Business and several diplomas.
Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
This is one of the most powerful stories you are going to ever hear.
Jack Delosa speaks with Garrain Jones who shares his insane story of the music industry's highs and lows and how one simple statement helped him change his life forever. For over 2 years, Garrain lived out of his car and was over $300,000 in debt. If life was not hitting rock bottom enough, he then spent 2 ½ years in prison – in France- for selling heroin.
But through these challenges, and many other tragic events in his life, Garrain found his purpose and was able to completely change the trajectory of his life. And the wake-up call to change his life came unexpectedly.
00:00 - 01:04 - Intro
01:04 - 05:54 - Unleashing your inner artist!
05:54 - 10:25 - How Garrain's childhood shaped him.
10:25 - 19:04 - How Garrain manifested his way out of a 12yr prison sentence?
19:04 - 23:31 - What are the keys to manifesting?
23:31 - 28:45 - The importance of remaining connected to your true self
28:45 - 35:51 - How to begin to reconnect with yourself?
35:51 - 45:17 - Is your external success a cover for something deeper?
45:17 - 01:00:03 - You've gotta go back and heal to move forward!
01:00:03 - 01:02:01 - Don't be too stubborn to forgive others.
01:02:01 - 01:05:18 - Empowered Brotherhood
01:05:18 - 01:08:56 - These are your next steps!
01:08:56 - 01:09:55 - Stay connected with Garrain Jones
01:09:55 - 01:12:28 - Outro
Who is Garrain James?
Today, he is a transformation coach, business coach, speaker, author, health and wellness advocate, and serial entrepreneur who has motivated and inspired thousands of people around the world.
https://garrainjones.com/
Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
How do you build connected relationships? That's something money just cannot buy and it's something our world is craving more of.
Jack Delosa meets up with fellow Australian entrepreneur Stefanos Sifandos in Austin, Texas to discuss the attributes of deeply meaningful relationships and the importance of working on yourself to better your relationships with others.
Stefanos is a relationships coach, having worked with everyone from Olympic gold medalists through to special forces operatives and couples who want to improve their relationships. Stefanos's focus is to help people build deeper relationships by taking hold of the traumas and hurts from their pasts.
Shownotes
00:00 - 01:02 - Intro
01:02 - 03:22 - Unpacking what Freedom looks like as a new father!
03:22 - 08:38 - Freedom is one of your biggest drivers & your biggest voids!
08:38 - 21:12 - The importance of inner child work!
21:12 - 23:41 - What fuel are you using in your pursuit of success?
23:41 - 34:24 - Everybody has trauma that can heal.
34:24 - 51:36 - The importance of masculinity and femininity in relationships.
51:36 - 58:47 - Developing connected friendships.
58:47 - 01:04:27 - Common relationship patterns that trip people up.
01:04:27 - 01:15:23 - Relationships issue resolution.
01:15:23 - 01:18:51 - How do the masculine and feminine energies work together?
01:18:51 - 01:19:57 - Appreciation
01:19:57 - 01:20:41 - Stay connected with Stefanos
01:20:41 - 01:21:30 - Outro
About Stefanos Sifandos:
With over 15 years of experience in the personal development space, Stefanos is a trained educator, Behavioural Scientist and relationships expert with an extensive background in Psychology, Philosophy and Ecology.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/stefanossifandos/?hl=en
**** Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
If you want to become a better leader, this is for you. What are the core patterns that keep people small and trapped? How do you step into your power and become the best version of yourself?
Jack Delosa speaks to the founders of Ascension Leadership Academy (ALA) Brad & Jenna Ballard. Brad & Jenna have been empowering & training thousands of leaders in personal growth at ALA since 2016 in San Diego.
About Brad and Jenna Ballard
Brad and Jenna Ballard founded Ascension Leadership Academy. ALA is emotional intelligence leadership training that is dedicated to supporting leaders and helping them to fulfill their dreams. Ascension Leadership Academy provides a series of transformational, physical, and experimental workshops that educates people to become emotionally intelligent in every kind of scenario, challenge, relationship, and opportunity in life.
**** Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage https://www.the-entourage.com/
How did Brendan Kane build an audience of 1 million followers in 30 days? How do you grow your audience to reach 100,000’s of people on social media? How often should you post? Is it all just BS?
Jack Delosa speaks with innovation strategist & Social Media Growth Expert Brendan Kane, Author of Hookpoint & One Million Followers.
In this episode, Jack dives deep into Brendan Kane's unique social media growth methodology, How to differentiate yourself and grab attention online, The Communication Algorithm: 6 Ways people perceive the world, and his experience generating outstanding content strategies for brands like Yahoo, MTV & Paramount Pictures & his story of generating 1M followers in 30 days. **** About Brendan Kane Since 2005, Brendan Kane has helped the largest brands and celebrities in the world reverse engineer how to make content go viral. Brendan and his team at Hook Point have generated 60 billion views and 100+ million followers for the content they have worked on.
- Developed the first ever influencer campaign on YouTube in 2007
- Oversaw $200 million in marketing spend
- Worked with major corporations MTV, Viacom, Vice Magazine, Paramount Pictures, IKEA and Sketchers shoes on their digital strategy
- Generated $1 billion in revenue
- Worked with celebrities Taylor Swift, Rihanna and Adriana Lima on their digital strategy
- Generated over a million followers on my personal Facebook and Instagram account as an experiment
- Authored best selling books One Million Followers: How I Built a Massive Social Audience in 30 Days and Hook Point: How to Stand out in a 3-Second World
https://brendanjkane.com/
Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage
https://www.the-entourage.com/
How do high performers achieve balance? How do you navigate the challenges of doing work and raising a family? What does it mean to be free as a human?
Jack sits down for an in-depth conversation about true freedom with leader, Personal Development Coach, and Author Preston Smiles.
They dive deep into the importance of being free of your inner critic, overcoming challenges and the expectations of a society that is stopping you from living life to the fullest.
Preston Smiles has a large dedicated following on his YouTube channel and has been featured in LA Weekly, Los Angeles Magazine, and Origin magazine. He is also a regular contributor to Huffington Post, The Daily Love, Good Guy Swag, and has appeared on top podcasts such as Lewis Howes’s The School of Greatness and Addicted2Success. He recently won Elixir Magazine’s Millennial Mentor Award and is also one of the youngest members of ATL (Association of Transformational Leaders), founded by Jack Canfield.
Watch the full episode on YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/JackDelosa/
https://prestonsmiles.com/
Who is Jack Delosa:
Jack Delosa is high-profile entrepreneur, investor, 2X best-selling author, 5X AFR Young Rich Lister, and Founder of The Entourage, Australia's largest and most effective business coaching and training provider for high-growth entrepreneurs, with a community of over 550,000. Jack's vision is to move the world forward through entrepreneurship. Under his leadership, The Entourage has helped their Members generate over $2 billion for their businesses, and has been named an AFR Best Places To Work organisation multiple times.
Follow him on socials
https://www.instagram.com/jackdelosa
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.delosa
The Entourage
https://www.the-entourage.com/
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Anyone who's ever dipped their toe into the business pool will know just how tough the journey to 11 years old would be. In fact, there's a crazy stat out there that 70% of businesses fail before they reach 10 years old. And we at The Entourage know that stat very well.
As Australia's leading trainer and community for entrepreneurs and business owners, The Entourage has a lot of experience with the challenges that come with running all the sorts of businesses that have come through as Members. But through 11 years of training, guiding, and mentoring this community, we, and especially our Founder and 5x AFR Young Rich List member Jack Delosa, has buckets of experience with how to overcome these challenges.
That's why for The Entourage's 11th birthday, we have asked Jack to share what his top lessons are from his years in building business. These are Jack's core 11 principles on how anyone can build an 8-figure business, just like us, that is scalable, sustainable and can grow beyond you.
⏩ Fast-Forward To Your Favourite Moments ⏩ 0:00 - The Entourage's 11th Birthday 1:37 - Lesson #11: Each Stage Of Your Business Needs Its Own Leadership Style 4:05 - Lesson #10: The Number One Paradigm That Needs To Shift When You Hit 7-Figures 9:34 - Lesson #9: You Need To Move From Technician To Entrepreneur 14:09 - Lesson #8: The Six Core Elements Of 8-Figure Businesses 19:07 - Lesson #7: All Growth Is Sales And Marketing-Led 22:01 - Lesson #6: Know Your Style: Are You A Visionary Or An Integrator? 30:12 - Lesson #5: Your Loyalty Should Lie On The Business And Not On Business-Friendships 35:33 - Lesson #4: Expect Hard Times 48:34 - Lesson #3: Learn To Rest, Not Quit 57:00 - Lesson #2: Don't Lose Yourself 1:02:57 - Lesson #1: You CAN Build A Business To Any Size You Choose
Without a doubt we have entered a period of unprecedented economic uncertainty. Don't go through it alone.
Register for The Entrepreneur's Recession Response Program here: https://bit.ly/2Ujb12S _____
Welcome to Part 1 of The Entrepreneur's Recession Response Program.
I'm so incredibly grateful that our first guest is Justin Dry, the Founder & CEO of Vinomofo.
He's overcome some pretty incredible challenges, grown the company from $0 to $50 Million, and now manages a team of over 100 people in 3 countries. He is one of the most exceptional entrepreneurs I know.
And this conversation is truly profound. We both reflect on how we've navigated the challenges (both personal and professional) in our lives, track the similarities and parallels in our journeys, and share some practical advice for business owners in this period to weather the remarkable storm we've found ourselves in.
[AUDIO FROM MY LIVE DISCUSSION: SURVIVING AND THRIVING IN CHALLENGING TIMES, WITH COVID-19]
The COVID-19 Pandemic is first and foremost a health issue, posing a risk to those with pre-existing health conditions and the elderly. While the vast majority of us aren’t at risk from a health perspective, many are rightly concerned about the business implications caused by COVID-19.
Recently, I spoke with The Entourage's Members, and followed up with our wider Community, to address the challenges we're currently being faced with. This is the audio from that very conversation, that my team and I also wanted to share with you on my podcast.
The main takeaway was this: SMEs and high-growth businesses will always face challenges. Working through them is part of the game. But how we choose to respond to challenge is completely up to us.
Now more than ever, the world needs leadership. The world needs people who can stay grounded, lead from the front, and make intelligent decisions. But with all the media attention and mass hysteria surrounding COVID-19, it can be difficult to see through all of that, and to look at what’s really going on and how it’s going to affect us.
This conversation is purposefully quite comprehensive, as I’ve wanted to take the time to share some lessons I’ve personally learnt in navigating extreme challenges in my life and business, and to draw on some of the research around COVID-19 to help paint a clear path forward for you all. You'll hear that I'll address each of the main considerations as I see them: health, business, personal and societal.
If you're a business owner, or working in a business that has been affected by COVID-19, this is the message you need to hear right now.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed at this moment, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Business is challenging enough when it’s “business as usual.” Do not try to battle through this alone. We are all going through this together. Trust that there is light at the end of this tunnel.
I see and hear TOO many business owners and entrepreneurs religiously subscribing to a single piece of recruitment advice which is outdated, old-school, institutionalised, and which DOES NOT apply to the types of businesses like the ones we actually run.
In fact, if you take on this advice, I fundamentally believe that it will put your business in limbo for years - because you won’t have a team with the capability you need to drive it forward.
What advice am I talking about?
In this episode, I’ll share with you the worst piece of advice around recruitment that you could ever take on in a high-growth business, and the recruitment philosophy you should subscribe to instead.
So many entrepreneurs and leaders get stuck in a perpetual state of fear, stress, aggression and grit. We think that’s where we get our fuel and drive from. And some actively seek it out, thinking it will push them to be better.
But that is an unsustainable fuel source.
And while so many are getting addicted to that fear-based fuel, a state of beauty and joy is more conducive to creating success in business, and in life.
I discuss these two states of consciousness - from a place of suffering and inner disturbance, and from a place of joy and inner peace - with one of the most transformational thinkers of our time in this interview.
Many of you who have heard me talk about consciousness before might also know that I import my passion and wisdom from India. Specifically, I import it from a beautiful organisation called O&O Academy. One of the founders, Preethaji, shares a very powerful message in this episode: that, to create, achieve and relate, we need to actively pursue a transformed and joyful state of consciousness. We dive deep into becoming a conscious wealth creator, shifting the fuel that drives us, and shatter the myths surrounding spirituality for entrepreneurs.
It’s no coincidence that most of the successful business minds I speak to have a deep sense of purpose (deeper than making money) and commitment to optimising their own consciousness and personal performance. I cannot wait to hear what you take away from this powerful interview.
Today’s episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast was inspired by an advisory session I recently had with a phenomenal business owner. This entrepreneur had been in business for over 15 years, but her life as a business owner had become so routine that she felt cut off from herself, and was no longer guided by a sense of purpose or meaning.
The conversation highlighted to me just how myopic and short-sighted we can become as entrepreneurs when we allow ourselves to be consumed by our businesses. The truth is: the richer you feel in yourself, the better entrepreneur and leader you will be.
Take this episode as the catalyst, and a personal challenge, to stop being one dimensional and step back into your humanity.
This is such a profound conversation.
For those of you who have been following me for a while, you’ll have heard me discuss how I view entrepreneurship as a spiritual endeavour - because entrepreneurship is ultimately about creation.
And as my businesses have grown, so too has my journey to discover and dig deeper into spirituality, soul and purpose.
I wholeheartedly believe that spirituality and entrepreneurship are on the same spectrum - and when an entrepreneur can tap into their intuition, higher self and sense of purpose, it can be their secret weapon for success.
My latest guest on The Jack Delosa Podcast has been an incredible guide, source of knowledge and support for me as I’ve navigated this intersection of spirituality and entrepreneurship. Helen Jacobs, author of the book, You Already Know, speaker and psychic, has been my soul guide for over the past year. In this episode, she discusses the practices and advice for aligning with your intuition, learning how to interpret it (even when it does not make sense), and finding the courage to follow it; and the power you’ll find in seeking stillness, silence and space.
With the end of the year, and the opportunity for reflection, fast approaching, there’s no better time to bring this conversation to the forefront. As you listen, I encourage you to lean in, keep an open mind, and walk away from the episode with at least 1 action you can take to tap into your spirituality.
If you’ve heard me talk about the principles that drive commercial growth, you’ll know how much emphasis I put on building an online presence, achieving recency and frequency, and engaging with your audience.
So for the latest episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast, I’ve partnered with PayPal Australia, who have recently commissioned some research on why it’s never been more important to build a comprehensive multi-channel digital presence.
Listen along to my conversation with PayPal Australia’s Head of Marketing, Vanessa Lennon, as she sheds some light on what SMBs need to know when it comes to building a successful online business. This is such a fantastic conversation, and I’m absolutely loving the data that is coming out of PayPal at the moment - it’s something business owners everywhere should familiarise themselves with.
One of the biggest marketing mistakes you can make is obsessing over the number of social media followers your business has.
Yes, building a social following will help grow your business. But what is more important is attracting the right followers. 10,000 engaged followers is far more valuable than a disengaged community of 1 million.
In the most recent episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast, I chat with Jules Lund, Founder of influencer marketing platform Tribe, to get his insights on the influencer trends that are set to explode this year, and some golden advice on how to ‘hack’ the elusive newsfeed algorithm.
Entrepreneurship is alchemy. It’s taking nothing and turning it into something.
This is exactly what Tony Nash, Founder of Booktopia, has done. With only a $10 investment, he has been built a $113 Million company.
Perhaps what’s more impressive is that he has done in this what many consider a ‘dying’ industry against one of the fiercest competitors in the world.
In this episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast, Tony gives us a step-by-step walkthrough of how he has built his online empire.
Make you listen to learn: -The one question he asks himself every single month to ensure Booktopia doubles their growth year-on-year -Why setting ‘impossible’ growth targets is the key to outperforming competitors -The catalyst for Tony’s growth that has had a higher ROI than anything else in his business - this answer will surprise you!
If you’re serious about scaling your business, do NOT miss this episode.
You’ve probably heard the saying before: “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” Waking up at 5am has completely transformed how productive my days are.
I wasn’t surprised to learn that fellow entrepreneur, Kristina Karlsson (Founder of kikki.K), is also a believer in the 5am wake up. In my recent podcast interview with Kristina, she shared the entire morning routine she’s religiously used as she built her stationary empire.
We also talk turning big dreams into realities, personal branding for introverts, and the advice you should always ignore.
Many people have innate talents. But it’s what you do with these talents, and your dedication to pursuing them that makes the difference.
Elite athletes are one of the finest examples of what can be achieved with the right combination of discipline and talent.
In fact, I believe the fundamental principles and rituals that enable an athlete to reach a heightened levels of success can be integrated into any area of your life or business.
In the latest episode of my podcast, I’m joined by a great friend and 6X Olympic Medalist, Michael Klim, to dissect the rituals he employed to reach and perform on the world stage of sport, and how you can apply them to create a successful life for yourself.
Branding is one of the most fundamentally misunderstood areas of business.
It underpins every single function in your company and really underwrites how much traction your business will generate. In fact, your branding is often the reason your consumers will choose you over a competitor.
However, so many business owners continue to get it wrong.
They get caught up in the superficial, ‘iceberg’ elements of branding - the logo, the business cards, the colours - but fail to truly define what they actually stand for as a company.
In this episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast, I’m joined by branding expert Keiran Flanangan to talk about businesses can build truly iconic brands.
The advice we’re going to share today might go against everything you’ve been taught about business.
As entrepreneurs, we're hardwired for growth.
It's seemingly in our DNA to want to achieve 'more' and settling for 'good enough' just isn't in our vocabulary.
In fact, the questions I’m asked by business owners the most are: How do I get more clients? How do I make new sales? How do I increase profit? How do I get more time?
Surprisingly, the answer to growing your business, is actually getting comfortable with turning customers away (yes, you’re reading that correctly).
It might sound crazy, but the reality is, by trying to speak to and sell to everybody you often end up speaking to nobody.
Instead, in order to win more customers you need to get laser-focused on your ideal customer, and master the art of speaking directly to them.
One of the people who has pioneered this approach is Marie Forleo (Founder of B-School), who I recently had the opportunity to interview on my podcast.
In the latest episode, Marie shares her counterintuitive take on acquiring, and equally importantly, retaining her customers.
Digital marketing is changing at an increasing pace. What generated leads for your business 6 months ago, might not even be relevant today.
What content worked on Facebook last week, might be barely getting seen today.
While as a business owner, you shouldn’t necessarily be doing everything when it comes to marketing, you also can’t have your head in the sand.
If your team aren’t up to date with the latest marketing strategies you’re probably wasting a substantial amount of time and money.
One of the people at the forefront of all things digital, is Neil Patel, co-founder of Crazy Egg, Hello Bar and KISSmetrics, so I was incredibly happy to chat to him on my podcast recently.
Neil’s blog alone ammasses an impressive 1 million visitors each month, The Wall St Journal listed him as one of the top 10 most influential people on the web.
What I absolutely love about Neil is that he gets straight to the point. No small talk or fluff in this episode just pure marketing gold that you and your team can implement into your business, and see results.
Here’s a quick run down of what you’ll learn from this episode:
3 little know, yet highly effective, growth marketing tactics that the world’s most effective businesses use to generate traffic and sales
The one piece of marketing advice from experts you and your team should stop following immediately
How involved you as a leader should be in marketing, and when you need to let your team take the lead
3 budget-wasting marketing mistakes business owners make (and what you should be doing instead)
In only 5 years, Tobi and his co-founder and fiance, Kayla Itsines, have grown from selling a single eBook ‘The Bikini Body Guide’ to building a multi-million dollar health and fitness app, SWEAT and an audience of over 40 million worldwide.
This year alone SWEAT brought in over $100 million in revenue, and 2019 is set to be even bigger for the Australian power couple.
What’s impressive about Tobi is his counter-intuitive approach to marketing and brand, and the depth of knowledge he has of each and every function of the entire business.
In this podcast we dive deep into the growth strategies that have enabled SWEAT’s success.
Make sure you listen to learn: - The counter-intuitive brand building strategy that has allowed Kayla and Sweat to amass an audience of over 40 million online
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The highly effective paid advertising strategies that have enabled Tobi and Kayla to convert their online fans into paying customers
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The 4 key business growth pillars that have enabled Sweat to scale from a simple eBook to a multi-million global dollar company (in just 5 years)
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The number one piece of marketing advice Tobi violently disagrees with - and why you need to look beyond it if you want to succeed in business
This is a very special, and meaningful podcast for me.
Many of you have heard me talk about personal development, expanding human potential, and consciousness for many years now. I often say that I import my wisdom from India. More specifically, I import it from a beautiful organisation called O&O Academy who I regularly visit in India.
In this episode, I’m sharing a powerful interview with the great man and sage who coaches Tony Robbins, Usher, Mike Novagrats, Ari- Emanuel, and many corporate and entrepreneurial CEOs around the world.
We dive deep into becoming a conscious wealth creator, shifting the fuel that drives us, overcoming limitations as founders and we break through the myths that exist around spirituality.
Being a great entrepreneur goes far deeper than the technical side of running a business. It’s not a coincidence that most of the highly successful business minds I speak to have a deep sense of purpose (deeper than purely making money) and commitment to optimising their own consciousness and personal performance.
Would you take someone out on a first date and propose to them?
Of course not, that would be crazy… you need to get to know each other and build a relationship before you start thinking about marriage.
Wait.. why am I talking about dating, aren’t I supposed to be the ‘business guy’?
Before you ask, no… The Entourage isn’t moving in a new direction.
The reason I’m talking about dating is because how you turn strangers into paying customers online almost directly mimics the dating process.
Trying to get an audience, who have NO idea who your business is, to buy from you online is the dating equivalent of skipping the drinks and flowers, and going straight in with an engagement ring.
Unfortunately, too many business owners make this mistake, and then wonder why their Facebook ads aren’t working, or why their websites aren’t generating enough leads.
So the question remains… How do we turn strangers into customers and get them to a point where they’re not only buying from us, but getting their friends to buy from us too?
Recently, I was fortunate enough to record a podcast with Ryan Deiss, Founder of Digital Marketer, who revealed his entire 8-step digital marketing framework to help business owners solve this exact problem.
In the podcast we cover: - 8 essential steps to convert strangers into repeat customers and loyal fans - The digital marketing mistakes business owners make (and how to avoid them) - How to win at Facebook ads in 2018 and beyond
In the seed and startup stages of business chances are you’re forced to do almost everything from a leadership perspective.
You might have juniors in your team, who are able to do things 60% as well as you, but the majority of the day-to-day management probably still rests on your shoulders.
If you're launching a market campaign, you're the one leading it.
If you’re building a new sales process, you're the driving it.
If you’re building a new product, or a new service for your customers, you're the one figuring out how to do it.
In all these situations the common denominator is that you are the HOW person.
If you want your business to grow you need to shift this paradigm - you need to stop thinking ‘How can I do this?’ and start thinking ‘Who can do this?’
If you insist on remaining the ‘how’ person there will always be a glass ceiling to growth, because no matter how much you try and get out of yourself personally, you’re only human. There’s only so much you can do each day.
Instead you should be thinking: How do I bring on exceptional leaders? And how do I induct them, train them and help them develop to a point where they can perform these functions better than I can?
In this podcast I’ll share key frameworks and tips to enable you to do just this.
Follow these frameworks, and you’ll be able to gradually elevate yourself out of the day-to-day and become the conductor of the orchestra, instead of trying to play every instrument yourself.
One of the biggest concerns I have when looking at businesses, particularly businesses doing seven figures and above, is that the vast majority of them are operating without a CEO.
Now, it's not that there isn’t somebody who calls themselves the “CEO” - because there always is.
It's just that the person who calls themselves the “CEO” is so busy doing everything. They're so deeply entrenched in the day-to-day operations that there is nobody actually architecting the future of the business.
There's nobody overseeing the development of the organisation, the team, and the infrastructure that sits within it, because everybody's busy living in ‘doing’ mode.
I get it, at the beginning, when you’re in startup stage this is almost inevitable, but the issue is too many CEOs remain in this ‘doing’ mentality, even when they’ve reached a point that they have the resources to deploy against employing people.
It’s easy to fall of the trap of being the ‘doer’ or ‘technician’, particularly if this is how you have always operated, but if this sounds like you, you’re not operating as effectively as you could be.
So the question is: What does it take to be a great CEO that can step out of the day-to-day operations of your business and focus on being the leader of your company?
In this podcast, I share 7 traits that separate a good CEO from a great CEO.
Stop and imagine for a minute how quickly your business would grow if you could double, or even triple, the amount of leads you convert.
Now imagine being able to reduce your sales cycle down from a few weeks, to just a few days.
You’d be able to grow your team, reinvest in marketing, and maybe even take some time off to enjoy yourself.
While you might be shaking your head, thinking this isn’t possible, the good news is these results are not as far out of your reach as you think.
The formula for converting more leads and acquiring more customers lies in your sales process.
In fact the most expensive mistake I see business owners make is not even having a structured sales process in the first place.
Are you guilty of this…?
I’ll be real with you, if this is you, you’re quite literally throwing money down the drain.
Don’t worry though - we can fix this. Just keep reading…
In this episode of The Jack Delosa Podcast, I chat to one of Australia’s leading sales experts, Petar Lackovic, who gives away his 3 step framework for building a high-converting sales engine within your business.
We even dive into how an Entourage Elevate Member increased their sales conversions from 35% to 80% (using this exact framework).
Every month I speak to hundreds of business owners who are facing a similar growth barrier…
Their business is making decent money - usually upwards of $150k annually.
The business owner knows they have a market and a good product or service.
But despite that, they just can’t seem to grow their revenue at the rate they want.
It’s almost as if there’s an invisible barrier there preventing them from surpassing the 7-figure revenue mark they’re aiming for.
Can you relate?
If you’re nodding along… keeping reading.
Crazily enough, throughout all these conversations I’ve been able to pinpoint one common denominator between businesses struggling to crack the $1 million mark.
The business owners are spending far too little time on revenue generating activities.
Day-to-day they’re distracted fighting fires, managing their team and executing projects.
Leaving almost no time to spend focusing on the two areas that genuinely drive growth - sales and marketing.
In fact, research even shows that the average business owner in this bracket of Australia spends only 11% of their time on sales and marketing.
So, you want to break the $1 million mark? The answer is simple… be an anomaly.
Start spending 80% of your time on activities that actually drive growth.
I imagine you’re probably shaking your head right now, wondering how this could ever be possible given your hectic schedule.
So in this episode I dive into this strategy in more detail, to uncover how you can realistically spend more time on revenue-generating activities and break through the glass ceiling holding your business back.
Ever feel as if you’re doing ALL the stuff the experts tell you to do online, but it’s not translating into sales and more cash?
This is a trap I sadly see far too many entrepreneurs fall into.
And is why having a structured sales process is so crucial to the growth of your business.
In fact, implementing a more structured approach to sales has helped one of our Entourage members, James Banks, increase the conversion rate from lead to customer at his Digital Marketing Agency, by 252% - from 25% to 63.4% conversion.
As a result his turnover has also grown from $70,000 annually to $600,000 and he has built his team from 2 to 8.
Listen to the episode to find out exactly how he did this.
As your business grows do you ever struggle to recruit the right people?
Have you ever hired someone only to realise three months later that they’re not the right fit?
The reality is working in a high-growth business is incredibly challenging... and it’s definitely not for everyone.
But in this stage of business who you bring into your organisation is absolutely crucial.
The people you hire, need to be able to operate within a less stable and fast-paced environment and be able to lean into the challenges that come with it.
Yet so many business owners get the recruitment process wrong.
In this episode I share the number one mistake I see business owners making when they’re recruiting.
As well as the strategy you can use to scare off the wrong people, and find the right people.
I recently chatted to Lewis Howes in what became an incredible interview and the beginning of a friendship. Lewis has broken boundaries his whole life, constantly transforming himself into new fields and new ways of being.
We covered A LOT of ground in this episode team, so tune in to hear us dig into:
- The ‘formula for greatness - the key traits that enable people to reach superhuman levels of success
- The brand strategy that enabled the Rock to become the HIGHEST paid actor in Hollywood
- Tactics and strategies to help you build and monetise your audience on Instagram
- The importance of purpose (and the risk of not having one)
Melissa Ambrosini is an entrepreneur, self-love coach and the bestselling author of Mastering Your Mean Girl and Open Wide.
Named a 'self-help guru' by Elle Magazine her mission is to inspire women across the globe to create a heart-centred life one that’s wildly wealthy, fabulously healthy and bursting with love.
She’s also the host of the number one podcast The Melissa Ambrosini Show, which has been downloaded over 2 million times world wide.
In this chat, Melissa and I dive into a lot of the topics she explores in her recent book ‘Open Wide’, which she artfully describes as “ A Radically Real Guide to Deep Love, Rocking Relationships, and Soulful Sex”
We have a very real, authentic chat around relationships, moving past conflict, connecting with your partners at a deeper level and of course, soulful sex.
Jamie has founded over six technology startups. As an investor, he has raised more than $16 million in funding, including completing an IPO on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2015.
Jamie also recently released Unicorn Tears - a book about Why Startups Fail and How To Avoid It .
In this episode I share an honest and powerful conversation around the harsh realities of entrepreneurship, mental health and coping with the huge amount of pressure that come with being a founder. Jamie even gives us insight into how he got out of bed in the morning and coped with losing $200 MILLION DOLLARS.
As well as this Jamie shares a lot of valuable insights and unique frameworks for building a successful tech business and avoiding the pitfalls that so startups tend to fall into.
In this episode, I identify one of the core paradigms that leads to success in any business and in life. This one pattern is something I have come to realise after working directly with 1000s of entrepreneurs as they build their business. Often embracing a simple shift in mindset like this can have an exponential impact on your business and personal growth. Tune in to the podcast to find out what it is…
I recently developed a great friend and learning advisor in Jim Kwik, the world’s leading brain and memory coach and Founder of Kwik Learning.
If you’re not familiar with Jim… he’s the Founder of Kwik Learning and has worked with genius billionaires like Elon Musk and Richard Branson, as well as elite athletes, celebrities and Forbes 500 CEOs. There’s so many critical takeaways for business owners in this interview, some of the things Jim shares are:
- The 3 modern day super villains that completely cripple your personal productivity
- The secret mental hack high-performance athletes use to break through limiting beliefs (and how you can use this to achieve what you once considered ‘impossible)
- A powerful memorisation technique the world’s top CEOs use to retain more information
In this episode I’ll be sharing a recent Facebook Live session I did with Janine Allis, Co-Founder of Boost and Retail Zoo.
Boost has generated an impressive $2 billion of revenue since launching and now have 500 stores in over 13 countries worldwide. I’m sure many of you will also know Janine for her role as high profile investor on Shark Tank!
In this interview we talk about:
- How Janine started Boost with zero business experience - she reveals one key thing that she did at the beginning of her journey that ultimately led to its success
- The harsh realities of entrepreneurship and how Boost came through a 2 year period of decreasing sales, after experiencing initial exponential growth
- The mistakes entrepreneurs often make and what Janine thinks are the ‘6 most expensive words in business’
Staying organised when you’re an entrepreneur is such a crucial part of our success, yet it’s hard to do when we have 5 million things on our plates all the time.
That’s why I’m really happy to share this interview with bestselling author, Lorraine Murphy with you. Lorraine shares lots of simple yet very practical hacks for staying organised and maximising productivity while creating a holistic life that is meaningful to you.
We talk about:
- Lorraine’s unique philosophy - the wheel of life - and how you can use it to elevate every area of your life
- How to establish habits and routines that will set yourself up for success
- Why you need to be ok with ‘subtracting things from your life’ and saying NO
This next 57 minutes has the power to change your life and your business.
BIG call, I know. But honestly, I’ve done over 300 episodes of AskJackD, interviewed countless entrepreneurs, and this live session with Gerard Adams (Co-Founder of Elite Daily & Founder of Fownders) was perhaps the most profound to date.
We went over time, but stick with it to the end as the real magic happens around 49:00 when Gerard opens up about how losing $20 million in his mid 20s helped him let go of ego and redefine the true meaning of success.
A lot of of solid takeaways in this episode, so don’t miss: - 24:00 - The viral content tactics that Elite Daily used to build an monthly readership of 80 million - 30:00 - The untold story behind Elite Daily’s $50million acquisition (and why Gerard almost said NO) - 39:00 - The number one non-negotiable trait you need to possess if you want to be a successful entrepreneur
You shouldn’t have to give up your health and fitness in order to build your dream.
I get it though, finding balance between work and health isn’t as easy as it sounds.
It’s hard to find time to go to the gym in the evening when you’ve got a million “urgent” things waiting for you to finalise at home that night.
It’s hard to wake up in the morning and go for a run when you’ve been up until 2am answering emails from your team.
That’s why in this episode I’m joined by Greg Stark, Founder of Better Being Personal Training, and author of Sweat Equity to talk through strategies that will help you maintain your health, while juggling the endless demands of running a business.
Most people live in a hypnosis of disempowerment. They see life as something that is happening to them, rather than something they are actively creating.
The most powerful thing you can do is realise that your life is led by choice not chance. You are creating every single minute of it, every single day.
In entrepreneurship passive income is myth. There's absolutely nothing passive about building a successful business, and while you may at some point be able to step out of the day-to-day... there's absolutely nothing passive about the path you'll take to get there.
The reason I'm saying this is because I see a lot of people promoting this idea of getting rich quickly through passive income, but generally they're selling a fantasy that leads people down a path that does not exist.
Interested to get your thoughts on this topic.
Highly recommend every entrepreneur reads the book I talk about in this ep... honest and life changing.
What are you reading right now?
95% of startups fail, which means if you've chosen to pursue an entrepreneurial path, the statistics aren't exactly in your favour.
However, it's not failure that defines us as entrepreneurs. But how we choose to respond to it. Those who achieve great things are those who have the ability to get back up after a failure.
When we fail we get two choices: to let is define us or to learn from it.
You've been asking me for this track for far too long! Finally releasing the full version of Lining Up The Stars, the backing track to #AskJackD. Thanks to everyone for your ongoing support of the show. Enjoy the track.
Would you rather: spend money on PR or social media? I answer this question today and outline how you should integrate both strategies into your marketing.
If you're facing cash constraints in business there are probably some long term considerations and solutions you should be exploring, however this can take time, which in business, you don't always have. Sometimes we need to inject cash as soon as possible. Try implementing these shorter term strategies to make more immediate sales.
Everyone at some point in their life has been nervous about public speaking. For many it can be one of the most terrifying things to encounter.
However, don’t write yourself off because you’re not a “natural” speaker. It’s a skill, and like any skill, it can be learnt.
Here’s some pointers for you to use if you’re committed to overcoming your fear of presenting.
If you're looking at the hours your team are putting in then you're looking at the wrong thing. As a leader your focus should be on the outcomes your team are having, not the clock.
Working from 9 - 5.30 isn’t inherently bad, as long as they are performing at the level required.
In this episode I talk about the 3 ways I manage performance to drive growth in my businesses.
In this episode I'm joined by Julie Stevanja, co-founder of Stylerunner, one of Australia's fastest growing companies.
We cover: - Setting your business up to run on autopilot - Getting big brands on board with you in the early days - Social media growth strategies
How many of us spend a lot of time consuming content but less time implementing?
I’m a huge advocate of education (I’ve built my whole business around it) however no amount of learning will build your business for you if you don’t take steps to actually action what you learn.
Knowledge without implementation is just unrealised potential.
In an ideal world we would be a 10 out of 10 in every area of our life - our health, our relationships, our career, our spirituality - would all on par and thriving.
However this ideal does not mirror the reality of entrepreneurship. If this is what you're aiming for then chances are you will set yourself up for failure. Entrepreneurship is a path that requires sacrifice - accept it and embrace it.
In this episode of #AskJackD I’m joined by Freelancer’s founder & CEO, Matt Barrie. We cover: Sydney’s lockout laws, the mistakes early stage entrepreneurs commonly make and raising capital to accelerate growth.
In this episode I share two strategies that will empower you to push past your fear of failure and become a thought leader in your industry.
We have all feel it at some point in our life…. that little voice inside our head that tells us “we can’t” or that “we’re not good enough”.
Ultimately those who build great businesses and meaningful lives are those who have developed the self awareness to move past this voice.
In this episode I’m joined by Melissa Ambrosini, best selling author and entrepreneur, to talk about how to master that inner critic.
Even if you have developed a profitable business model, the more you grow, the more cash you will devour day-to-day.
As a business owner it’s your responsibility to have a firm understanding of the numbers within your business, as how you manage your money will determine the ultimate success of failure of your business.
That’s why today I’m joined by Beau Bertoli, co-founder and co-CEO of Prospa, to take all your questions on finance, cash flow and capital raising.
On this episode of #AskJackD I'm joined by one of our own - Tim Morris, the Head of Education at The Entourage.
As we're in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign at the moment for our Purpose Journal, we decided to reverse engineer everything we did to hit our target within 24 hours for you all.
We talk about: How to smash your crowd funding goal in 24 hours, finding a business idea that works and turning your ideas into a reality.
The number one factor that will determine how effective and productive you are is this: how much time you can spend uninterrupted on one particular task. Do the thinking, get clear on your highest and best use, and reclaim your time. This will enable you not only to be incredibly effective but also to rejuvenate and re-energise.
Taking control of your schedule and your environment enables you to be more present. When you are engaged in work, be fully engaged. When you are not, do your best to fully disengage. Wherever you are, be there. The pauses re-energise you, make you more whole and fulfilled, and therefore make you more effective when you do decide to return to the work. Being effective, and being able to sustain that effectiveness, is how you will build your legacy.
Challenge is an inevitable part of life. What’s not inevitable is how we react to it, and who we become as a result.
In this episode I share the lowest point of my life, and the 3 things that empowered me to keep going…
The only defensible barrier to competition is to continue innovating. Keep working on getting better... every single day.
In this episode of #AskJackD I’m joined by Michelle Hespe, Editor-In-Chief of The CEO Magazine to talk about what it takes to be a strong leader.
We take these questions:
Hi Jack, what are the most important skills to develop to be a successful CEO?
What is the best way to get noticed by a journalist? #AskJackD
What are the don’ts when reaching out the media?
You feature many prominent leaders in your magazine, in your opinion who is the greatest leader of our time and why?
What ‘s your biggest weakness?
Everyone says to work smart not work hard (although most of the time you need to work smart and hard). How do you take a step back and evaluate if what you are doing is truly smart?
In Unwritten you speak of The Entourage having an informal culture that lends itself to innovation and how it enables your high-performance team. How does your team decide what processes need to be formalised or be allowed to occur organically?
Three strategies you can use to remain accessible to your team as your business scales.
The most important conversation we've had on #AskJackD to date. Tim Morris, Director of Education at The Entourage & ex GM of Uber Melbourne joins me to talk disruptive innovation. We cover: - Why great businesses disrupt themselves - Finding product to market fit - When to walk away from a business
In this episode of #AskJackD, entrepreneur Lorraine Murphy, Founder of The Remarkables Group joins me. After starting her business in her spare room, Lorraine went on to turn over $1 mil in her first year and has since been listed as a BRW Fast Starter. We take questions on: - Overcoming the challenges of scaling a business - Becoming the go-to expert in your industry - Writing a book
How to launch a business in only 7 days with Stacey Jacobs, Founder of Tidy Me. In this episode we go through launching quickly (with limited funds), the importance of testing your idea and marketing strategies that will enable you to get business traction in the early days
Any entrepreneur who wants to build a significantly sized business, needs to understand that their business should be able to operate without them.
The challenge lies in how you dilute yourself from the day-to-day operations while maintaining quality.
In this episode I outline the strategies you can use to build a business that runs without you.
PR and personal branding... two of the most overlooked drivers of building a successful business. Loved having Taryn Williams, Founder of Wink Models on #AskJackD to shed her own unique light on these topics.
We take questions on: - Building your personal brand - Getting your business into the media - Managing a growing team
Register for The Entourage's free PR short course here: http://bit.ly/pr-short-course
o you need to an MBA to be an entrepreneur? No. Absolutely not. The skills required in startup, high growth businesses are completely different to what is taught in most traditional business degrees.
Incredibly interested to hear your thoughts on this… what value do you place on traditional education for entrepreneurs?
The larger your business becomes, the more you grow and the bigger your vision gets; the more naysayers you’ll have. My advice for moving past them? Don’t listen.
One of the things I get asked about most is how to raise capital, so today I’m joined by entrepreneur Kath Purkis who successfully raised $200k, to talk about what it takes.
We take questions on getting investors to back a concept, pitching to investors , ignoring naysayers in business and ultimately, "wowing" your customers.
Sales and public speaking… these are the two things entrepreneurs consistently tell me they fear. Both will act as a barrier to your growth if you let them. Today I’m joined by sales expert, Petar Lackovic, who has helped his clients generate over $1 billion revenue, to help you move past this…
Which is more important to success... hard work or good luck? This is a topic that I’m incredibly passionate about, so I was excited to finally get to answer a question on this today. The way I see it, throughout our lives there is going to be times where fortune favours us and times where it goes against us. It’s what we do with those moments that differentiates consistently successful people from the rest #AskJackD
So many businesses focus on the frustrations and fears of their audience, rather than to their hopes and heart. Should you do the same? My answer today is probably the opposite of what you've been told for the last 20 or 30 years, but it’s been working for me so listen up. This is why pain point marketing doesn't always work.
Whether you start our with no money, or run out of money, most entrepreneurs are familiar with the financial struggle of building a business, especially in the early stages. Being an entrepreneur is more about resourcefulness than resources, and working with nothing might be one of the best things you ever do.
Today's question is about business plans: "Was your first business plan original or did you use a template of some sort?" The truth is, I didn't use a business plan and never have. For most entrepreneurs their path starts with exploration of idea, or a 'What if?' moment. Vision is crystallised as the business matures, but the early stages are about passion, iteration and adaption, not having a business plan.
My favourite episode of #AskJackD to date. I talk all things influencer marketing with, Jules Lund, Founder of Tribe. We talk about why you need to be using Snapchat, how you can use influencers to build your brand and cutting through the noise on social media.
As entrepreneurs, we are pioneers who dream of and create things that do not yet exist. It’s a given that anyone who chooses this path will be doubted and protested against. Don’t let this doubt deter you, instead let it fuel you.
I often hear entrepreneurs say, "I don’t want to get bogged down in the detail, I want to be the visionary.”
While this should be your ultimate goal, it takes years to get to a point where you’re not involved in the day-to-day. At the beginning of your journey you need to live in the details. You need to know every aspect of your business, better than everyone else.
Success isn’t just defined by what we KNOW, it’s defined by what we DO. Reading all the personal development books in the world won’t help if you don’t have the work ethic to back up your knowledge. Personal development vs. work ethic? You decide.
In this episode I’m joined by Ryan Bonnici, Director of Marketing for HubSpot, to talk about creating compelling content that will enable you to convert, close and delight your audience. We take questions on: - Marketing a “boring” business - How entrepreneurs can find time to create content - Getting ROI on that content
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The 4 key principles you need to know if you want to maximise the value of your business and prepare for ultimate exit. #AskJackD 199
After receiving over 600k views on a recent video series, in today’s episode I reflect on: - The power of video content in marketing - Why all businesses should be using video - Traditional vs. online marketing strategy
We have a business world that is obsessed with professionalism - saying the right things, wearing the right suits, and doing what is expected. It’s all manufactured, surface level plastic. Today I talk about being unprofessional: being you, being real and being different, to create brands and advertising that cut through all the noise. #AskJackD
In this episode I talk about when, how and what not to do when bringing on your very first employee, and ultimately how to set up an ecosystem to build a foundation of a business that can scale.
Developing your personal values is incredibly important for your own personal development and growth. In this episode I talk about how you can develop these values and how to live in alignment with them so that you can live a life that is truly and uniquely you.
What makes a great leader? I've spent a lot of time studying of the greats of history... Einstein, Jobs, Michelangelo, Mandela, MLK, Branson; they all come from different eras and industries, but I think there are three core things they all have in common. Today I share those those three traits with you.
In the early days of business one of the ways I generated more exposure for myself and my business was through leveraging PR. Here I share the strategy I used in the past to approach top entrepreneurs and media personalities.
Your friends will believe in your dreams, but it's your enemies that will help you achieve them. The price you pay as an entrepreneur for leading the field means that everyone will be copying and following you. Don’t get upset about this. Business shouldn’t be about protecting ourselves from the competition or getting incrementally better. It’s about innovating and aiming to be 10 times better.
We filmed today’s episode at TEDxMacquarieUniversity, where I spoke about the future of education. Our question comes from a member of the audience and AskJackD viewer, Angela. I’ve said before that the best entrepreneurs find one thing to focus on, and become the best in the world at it... but how do you find that ONE thing?
We need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and with failure... but a reputation that has taken years to build can be tarnished in only seconds. So how do we fail forward, without damaging your brand? I give some tips for how to manage and contain failure so that it pushes you onwards, not backwards.
How has failure pushed you forwards? #AskJackD
Is there a correlation between rappers and entrepreneurs? Absolutely YES. Rappers and entrepreneurs share both a creative ability and a need to create. They are two different expressions of artistry, born from the same need to construct something that didn't previously exist.
What are your thoughts? Are you an entrepreneur with another creative talent? Share your story below #AskJackD
In this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur Justin Dry, who has built a company with $50mil+ revenue, 400,000 members and a team of 100. We take questions on: - Business growing faster than cashflow allows - Lessons learnt from the early hard days - Operating in a changing industry - Building a brand - Why hiring is more important than firing
When hiring people to join your team you should focus on talking them out of coming to work for you, not into it. It's called de-selection, and this is why it works.
In this episode I talk to Instagram influencer & Founder of Build Your Empire, Brad Cameron, around what it takes to grow an your Instagram account to 1 million followers.
We take questions on:
3:09 - How did you generate so much traffic and build a follower base towards yourself and company?
8:51 - I want to start my own business but have no access to funding for startup what should i do?
12:57 - What are must haves when trying to create a business plan?@jackdelosa @bradcameron_ I've managed busy restaurants for years, effective in operations and building teams and can cook. I want to open a restaurant but not sure how to start.
16:19 - Where do you find people to network with to find a mentor?
19:42 - Where do you find people to network with to find a mentor?
Out of every 4000 people that try and raise money in Australia only one person succeeds. Yes, the odds are against you, but the good news is the ability to raise money for a business is a skill and it can be learnt. Today I go through what you need to show investors to attract funding.
Is it better to invest or use crowd funding as a start up? I talk through the benefits of crowd funding, and why it's okay to start with with nothing... it might be the best, and most challenging, thing that you do.
Do you have a 9-5 job but you want to move into the entrepreneurial world?
In this episode I talk about the 3 core things anyone needs to do to transition from full-time work to building their own business.
We grow up believing that people with more authority have the answers. That we should consult the "experts" before making big decisions. If I could give my former self advice I’d tell myself NOT to buy into this. Here’s why… #AskJackD
These book recommendations might surprise you… but they’re definitely worth reading, whether you’re an entrepreneur or not they’ll help you reimagine who you are and where you’re going.
People are too quick to give up on "being creative" as they view creativity as a talent - something you are born with. While this may be true for some that does not mean that creativity cannot be developed. Like everything else in life it is a skill - something you can work at, train and develop. Here I outline 3 things you can do to push your creative thinking.
A first for #AskJackD today - Peter Davison, seed investor in PayPal joins me to take your questions.
We take questions on: - What Elon Musk has achieved since PayPal - Whether success is due to hard work or luck - Who pitched to Peter from the PayPal founders and what got him over the line to invest - Our personal views on leadership
Public speaking is a fear that holds a lot of entrepreneurs back. Today I talk about what you can do to get over this fear and ultimately become a more effective presenter.
When people ask if I think it's ok to be friends with my team, I tell them I don’t just want to be friends with my team…. I want to be absolute BEST friends with them.
Personal relationships don’t need to be placed in opposition with strong working relationships, direct communication and feedback. If anything they should complement them.
I get asked a lot about the amount of hours I work on my business every day. I don’t measure what I do in hours though. When what you do for ‘work’ is truly aligned to your purpose, the need for work life balance disappears, because you’ve achieved work life harmony. When you’re a pioneer walking a path that is unique to you, work is no longer work, it is simply an extension of who you are.
Interested to get everyone's thoughts on this: do you agree/disagree with me and why? #AskJackD
There are thousands of investors around Australia, actively looking for early stage deals on a daily basis. While this capital is critical to the growth of most businesses, raising money from investors is still one of the most misunderstood skill-sets by entrepreneurs.
Ultimately, to raise capital you need to remember that there are three core questions on every investor’s mind: How will I lose my money? When will I get my money back? And how much money might I make?
In this episode of #AskJackD, I outline the key principles you need to adhere to in order to raise the capital you need and the mistakes entrepreneurs make when reaching out to investors.
Should I write a guest blog for a competitor?
Should you write a blog post for your competitor? Absolutely, YES. Think about it like this. Writing for a competitor is like a trojan horse. It’s your way to get in front of their audience. If you’re given the opportunity. Use it. #AskJackD
Is it smart for the founder to be the face of the business? #AskJackD
Absolutely yes. People connect more with people than they do with brands, so this is a smart way to reach your audience. However remember to find the distinction between becoming the business, and fronting the business. You don't want the business to be founder entrenched, you want it to be founder inspired. #AskJackD
Today I take a big question around what it takes to inspire employees to step up and take ownership of their contribution to a company's vision and mission. Your greatest strength as a leader lies in your ability to enable others to do their best work and mobilise them collectively towards a vision. #AskJackD
Jack Delosa is changing education for entrepreneurs. He is the founder of Australia’s largest and most disruptive education institution for entrepreneurs, The Entourage. Prior to The Entourage, Jack co-founded MBE Education which assisted SME’s to raise money from investors. MBE quickly became one of Australia’s fastest growing companies. Along the way, Jack also became a high-profile investor, investing in growth companies such as Q-Biotics, Martin Jet Pack (ASX:MJP), and founding The Entourage Growth Fund. His last book UnProfessional became a best-seller in just three weeks. He has been listed in the BRW Young Rich List since 2014.
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In this episode I talk about how to answer one of the most commonly asked questions: "What do you do?" I talk about the best way to respond (and how not to respond). You can probably guess what my question is for you today... What do you do? #AskJackD
Great brands are the brands that understand who their consumer is and how they can serve that consumer in a way that has more depth than everyone else in their market place.
The key to a successful marketing campaign is remembering that It's not about the product or service you're selling, it's about your customer. Speak to their dreams, desires, wants and values. #AskJackD
We live in a culture that tells us that somebody else has the answers. We're engrained with the idea that we should always seek guidance from others - our parents, our teachers, our managers, our careers counsellors….
Instead we need to start listening to that “whisper”. We need to understand that the answers required to navigate our lives actually come from deep within. The most reliable leadership you will find in life is the guidance that comes from your inner voice.
Start listening to it now. #AskJackD
I often hear people say that they can’t be an entrepreneur in the "industry they work in", or tell me that they can’t start a business because they’re “too young”.
Today I take two questions and ultimately explain why none of this matters - if you truly want to be an entrepreneur or if you want to build a business, then don't let your age or industry deter you. #AskJackD
It’s not enough to want to change the world. It’s not enough to have the intent to make a difference.
If you want your vision to travel you need to be able to operationalise it. I see business as vehicle to that enables contribution, and money as the necessary fuel to drive that contribution forward on a large scale. #AskJackD
Self-love is the practice of acting in alignment with your own happiness. It is a topic that people shy away from, as it is often confused with conceit or arrogance. In fact, those two traits can be the first signs of a lack of true self-love. It is not about waking up in the morning with the urge to hug yourself; it is simply the practice of treating yourself and speaking to yourself the same way you would your best friend. #AskJackD
When you make a mistake, do you beat yourself up about it and remind yourself of all the reasons why you should give up trying, or do you coach yourself, offering the words needed to ensure you come back stronger?
When it comes to building trust, it's important to clearly communicate to people what it is that you can do for them. When you don't have a reputation, the first impression you make on consumers is crucial. In this episode, I take you through the important steps to have in place so that you can start to build a world class reputation.
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In the early stages, whenever I started a business I was immediately all in. If that's not how you want to go about it, then you can always run tests to see the responses before you decide to pursue the idea completely. This way, when you start to prove that there is a want for your product or service, then you can go all in.
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Whether you’re writing a book, a video or any other kind of content, I’ve always found that the response you receive will be determined by how much of yourself you put into it. If you’re struggling to produce content that gains traction then I challenge you to go beyond the mechanics and create something from the heart. Put stuff out that is truly meaningful to you and watch as your audience smiles back. #AskJackD
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I was fortunate enough to have a chat with Megan Quinn, CEO of Q&CO and co-founder of NET-A-PORTER, during our last Unconvention. Megan has more than 20 years experience in senior executive and consulting roles with organizations including Conde Nast, Harrods and CoutureLab. Since launching in June 2000, NET-A-PORTER has established itself as the world’s premier luxury fashion destination.
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I’m not usually one to look back, however, to celebrate The Entourage’s 6th birthday today I took some time to reflect on the lessons I’ve learnt over the last six years…
A big thank you to everyone who has been part of the movement so far.
To my team who have enabled us to grow to this point, and to you guys, the community who have been there growing with us, every step of the way. Hears to another six years together.
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If you’ve just started a business (or are planning on starting one), then you NEED to watch this episode.
I share the 3 biggest mistakes I see business owners make that act as barriers to their growth.
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Other People’s Time > Other People’s Money Why? One of the most valuable things you can do if you want to start or grow a business is leverage knowledge from people with proven results. Build relationships and use this to inform your decisions. Do you have a mentor? If so, how has it helped you?
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When I think back to my first business venture, I can think of three main reasons why I believe it didn't succeed. However, it is the lessons from failure that teaches us the most.
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For me, success comes down to the two P's. Purpose and Progress. One of the most misleading factors that is commonly used to measure success is money. However, money does not reflect in any sense how successful you are on a personal level.
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I’m SO happy someone asked today’s question! I’ve noticed a lot of job shaming happening on social lately - people who say the only way to lead a successful life is to be an entrepreneur. As an entrepreneur myself, I actually don’t think this is true. Leading a successful life comes down to doing what feels right for you and what aligns to who you are. Every human is as unique as their fingerprint and how you choose to engage in your life and career should be as unique as you.
If you're somebody with a dream, somebody who wants to succeed, somebody who wants to contribute to the world then you need to work incredibly hard. You need to hustle.
However it's not sustainable or productive to hustle all the time. You need to build in and ritualise pauses into your life that enable you to reconnect, rejuvenate and ultimately realign. What are you doing this long weekend to pause? #AskJacKD
Today I continue a chat we had in the last live episode around failure and go through some of my personal experiences with failure.
Our society tells us that failure is a bad thing. That we should try to avoid making mistakes, if we get the answer wrong we’ll fail the test. However, as a business owner you need to embrace failure, you need to welcome it and become its friend. You need to be okay with the fact that you will probably make the ‘wrong’ decision most of the time. This is how entrepreneurs learn, there is no textbook.
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Facebook growth - we all want it, but it can seem like only select brands actually accomplish it.
In this episode I run through 4 key strategies you can start implementing now that will help you get more social media exposure and ultimately increase your business's reach.
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There are many different influencers that contribute to a business's success. However in this episode, I narrow in on the 5 main influencers that I believe help push companies forward and position themselves as an industry leader.
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Daniel Flynn, co-founder of Thankyou and now author has had an exciting month. The launch of his book Chapter One has now sold more than 38,700 copies, raising over $1,100,000 and they still have 2 days to go. Their aim is to raise $1.2M by 25 March 2016 which will go towards funding their new baby range and the launch of Thankyou New Zealand. You too can help by grabbing your own copy of Chapter One here: https://chapterone.thankyou.co
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I had the opportunity to sit down with entrepreneur Tammy May who founded MyBudget in 1999 when she was only 22 years old. What has now grown to be an iconic Australian brand with over 40,000 clients, we had a chat about the journey of taking MyBudget from the kitchen table, to a national company with over 270 staff across Australia.
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Some people call it gut, some people call it intuition, some people call it our higher self. Regardless of what you call it, we all have it - that inner voice that points us in the right direction. My unequivocal advice to everyone is to follow that inner voice and explore the direction your heart is pointing you towards, always.
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Our sense of motivation is deeply linked to how connected we are to pursuing the purpose we hold for our lives. If you’re lacking motivation in what you do – perhaps you need to ask yourself, not how can I motivate myself? But how can I re-align myself with my purpose to ensure motivation is something that is inherent.
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When in the startup phase or high growth phase of business it is a chaotic, high pressure environment. Due to this, it requires a certain kind of individual to thrive within that environment. Today, I talk about what I ask potential employees in interviews to help me gain an understanding around how they will handle the startup environment.
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Regardless of age, as entrepreneurs we should always be acting from a place of purpose. Your purpose if your 60, might be different to the purpose of a 17 year old, however it should still always be your core driver. In this episode, I get two spontaneous guests on the show to engage in this conversation with me.
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The path of being an entrepreneur, of being someone who is chasing a dream is a very challenging one. We carry around the weight of that dream and the weight of the person we are still yet to become which leads to many sleepless nights. It's important for us to understand and accept that this is just apart of the journey.
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As entrepreneurs and people who are pushing ourselves everyday day to become more means it is that much more important for us to know and have a deep understand for our own happiness strategies. You need to know what it is that allows you to reconnect with yourself.
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As entrepreneurs, because we live a lifestyle so different to everyone else, it's really important that we write our own rule book. Identify what you value the most in life and what is important for you and your happiness. Within these values, you can begin to see what it is that you need to do to live a life that will be most aligned with who you are.
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Business is a game that forces us to become more of ourselves every single day. It is a game of personal development. As such, the number one skill you need to learn is the skill of learning. You have to be comfortable leaving your comfort zone and going into a project, business or industry that you know nothing about. Become a great learner.
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So many people get their media pitches wrong. They make their press releases all about themselves. You need to get over yourself and start talking about an existing issue. One that everyone is talking about already that can be drawn back to you, and provide either a 'yes, and' or a 'yes, but'. Speak to this, come from heart, and you will start to kick some serious butt in the media.
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When it comes to start ups, pitching to investors can be challenging, you have so much to communicate to them in such a limited amount of time. In this episode, I discuss three things for you to show potential investors to help maximise your pitch.
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AskJackD met #AskGaryVee when I sat down with Gary Vaynerchuk to have an incredibly real conversation about entrepreneurship, education and, obviously, hustling. For those who don’t know Gary Vee is a legendary entrepreneur. Straight out of college he took his family business to $60 million. He is the founder of VaynerMedia, host of the #AskGaryVee show, and investor in a number of global companies, including Uber and Twitter. I won’t give anything else away. As Gary Vee would say: “Let’s get into the show...”
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What is the value of a university degree? It is no longer the golden ticket to a successful career, but students continue to follow the well trodden path from high school into university, and are paying more and more for their university education every year. Jack Delosa explains how curriculum complacency in our universities, and the enduring expectation that university is the only way is leading to disheartened students, unemployed graduates and skill gaps in our workforce. Potentially a dangerous person to introduce to any students, Jack Delosa dropped out of university, and never looked back.
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Dr Demartini is considered one of the world's leading authorities on human behaviour and personal development. He is the founder of the Demartini Institute, a private research and education organisation with a curriculum of over 72 different courses covering multiple aspects of human development.
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Jess Wilson is the Founder of Stashd, a fashion discovery app that is now in 80 countries, has been in iTunes Best New Apps in 11 countries, and is changing the way people shop. Jess Wilson was recognised by Forbes as one of 1,000 top young entrepreneurs who are going to change the world in the next 50 years. I sit down with Jess to have a chat around the nature of entrepreneurship and the enablers of the incredible growth behind Stashd.
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Whenever you’re doing something entirely new or original there is very little you can point to that suggests that what you are doing is a good idea. If you can point to past results to support your innovation, chances are you are not really innovating. The pursuit of originality is fraught with discomfort. But the ability to recognise the emotion of discomfort, and see it as a sign that you are doing something truly innovative, is the sign of a real change-maker. What do you think is the number one trait a true pioneer needs to possess?
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Today the crew caught me in an angry rant before filming had started, so I ended up asking myself a question: Why do people complain about their circumstances in life but then refuse to put the hard work in to change it? Nothing pisses me off more than this. Businesses don’t build themselves. If you’re not happy with where you’re at in life, yet you have time to to watch McLeod’s Daughters (if that’s still a thing?), and go out drinking 6 nights a week then I have very little sympathy.
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I get asked a lot how to build and lead a high performance team, so today in an extra long episode I am giving you my entire framework, from recruitment right through to induction, on how to build a world class culture centred on people uniting around a purpose for the sake of performance.
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There are SO many myths about running your own business. The overnight success… build it and they will come… the list goes on. We’ve been chatting about these on Snapchat over the last week so today I address what I think are the 5 biggest myths. In the comments below… what business myths have you heard?
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The number one barrier for growth in early stage businesses is a lack of focus. We try to become everything for everybody and in doing so we end up being NOTHING to nobody. My advice to entrepreneurs is pick one thing and try to become the best in the world at it.
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Today a question about style turns into a deeper talk around why money should not be your driver in life and business. I’m not saying that money doesn’t matter, but that those who set out purely to make money often make far less than those who are driven by something greater.
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We filmed this episode of #AskJackD at the Entrepreneurs’ Harbour Cruise. There couldn’t be a better environment to take a question on how to leverage networking events. Thanks to everyone who came, it definitely was something special this year.
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When you are starting out you have to learn the basics, the fundamentals, the principles. You need to be hungry for knowledge. Once you have a grasp on that, your learning is done differently. You’ve taught yourself how to think and how to reimagine the future, so you get to a point where you need people to coach and guide you.
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Most of the world around you is made up of OPRs; other people's rules. Rules that they have constructed for themselves and probably for others, that they may even call fact or the truth. What I want people to realise today is that these rules don’t have to be your rules. If you’re not happy with your life, your work, your health, your education, you can change that. The fundamental premise that will enable you to take control of your life is first realising that you are in complete control and that you are creating yourself and the world around you every single day.
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In this episode I answer the greatest question that has ever been asked on #AskJackD to date… and I get ANGRY at anyone who has ever made an excuse for not following their dreams. Because I don’t buy into excuses, and you shouldn’t let yourself either because NOTHING is sadder than a dream left unfulfilled.
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This might shock you, but I don’t believe in work life balance. Why not? It positions work as the enemy, which it shouldn’t be. If you align what you do with what you love then work won’t be the enemy. It’s only when you’re not living on purpose, not pursuing your passion that work becomes “work”.
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The word ‘Hustle’ is getting thrown around a lot at the moment. People will tell you to ‘hustle harder’ if you want to be a successful entrepreneur. This isn’t always true. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day hustle; the ‘busyness’ of running a business, that you forget to think bigger picture. You forget the vision behind the hustle. If you want to separate yourself, what you need to do is hustle smarter. Let vision guide your decisions. Have absolute clarity about where you want to be in 1 year from now, 3 years from now, and execute your ‘hustle’ accordingly.
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Breaking news: You don’t need a morning routine to be successful. A lot of people will tell you to wake up at a certain time, eat a bowl of granola, mediate and exercise because this is what successful people do. For some that might work, but for me it doesn’t.
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A high performance team means nobody should be comfortable with complacency. Entrepreneurship is fast and it’s challenging. The day I go in to The Entourage and say: “It’s ok to slow down”, is the day I would expect every person in my team to walk. This is how to manage and lead a high performance team…
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In this episode, we discuss the difference between building a personal brand and a business brand. I discuss with you these three main things that I think are important when building up your brand. 1. Have an expertise and substance behind what you are taking to market. 2. Stand for something, when you have something to say, you’ll have the voice to say it. 3. Say it. Build your own audience and talk to them.
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I’m usually a pessimist when it comes to Australian politics. But I have an optimistic view of who Turnbull is and the potential changes I think we will see as Australian entrepreneurs in the months and years to come.
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Being a good communicator is fundamental to anyone who is wanting to have a successful life and a successful business. Here I share with you two fundamental principles that I believe makes someone a great communicator and allows you to be the very best version of yourself.
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Recorded live at the Sydney Unconvention, we discuss the struggles that younger entrepreneurs can find when trying to be taken seriously by older generations. As entrepreneur what’s important is to remember that we are walking an unbeaten path, there is no road map and the guide we need to follow is ourselves. Once you truly understand this, the opinions of others won't matter to you.
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I always talk about education, particularly in the context of entrepreneurship. In this episode I discuss where I think traditional education needs to lift its game and how traditional education is set up, not according to student completion rate or outcomes of learning, but is ranked based on the academic research that they conduct, and the research that they publish. This is a 4.4 trillion dollar industry globally, yet no one is looking at the product and at how to make teaching better.
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It’s easy to get sidetrack with your next ‘great idea’ while currently working on your latest ‘great idea’. The most important part of building a business isn’t about whether or not you have a great idea, but the execution of that idea. Business takes time and it can be slow, so we get familiar with the challenges within that industry and then look over to the other idea, thinking is seems like a faster track to success. The number one thing that you need to do when starting and building a business is FOCUS.
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When you start out in business you have less than the majority who are competing in the same industry as you in all areas. PR and media allows you to build your business up, for free. Therefore, it’s important to find innovative and cost effective ways to get noticed. However, a lot people get PR very wrong in the early stages.
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There is no silver bullet when it comes to testing your market before launching. There are several ways to test your market, and it’s recommended that you try all of them. Testing your market is fundamental, as you are allowing yourself to find new problems within that market, putting yourself in an informed position.
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Being an entrepreneur requires unbelievable passion for doing your life's best work. The primary pursuit cannot be about money, even though money is important. I discuss what the important things are for entrepreneurs to focus on when they are going into the early stages of business and what areas you need to spend your time and and money on.
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A lot of people can relate to the fear of thinking you don’t know enough to start or run your own business. It’s similar to asking yourself ‘when are you qualified’ to pursue what you want? In this episode I answer a couple of your questions, including a discussion around what one of the greatest minds in history created when deemed ‘unqualified’.
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