The Birdhouse Podcast with Alexander Guldager: Recent Episodes
Alexander Guldager
When you buy/hire a person you buy their time and skill. They are willing to sell their time for that price or they are willing to sell their help in niche service and so on.
The more skills you have, the better the income you get is. Therefore increase your skills, and increase your income.
Today's topic went in a lot of different directions from the war in Ukraine to a talk about the rich and so much more.
We live in a complex world with a lot of different patterns. Out of these patterns, we have found some laws often called natural laws especially if they are more physics-related. But there are also some laws that describe humans and our psychology. Listen to this and find some of those.
We are all humans and so, we develop some different habits, some more normal others more special and weird. Today’s podcast starts off with some of our weird habits before we go into a discussion about selling.
The world of business is not just about being smart and using the brain. The body must also be in the best shape possible. So taking care of the body is quite important.
Another thing about including the body in everyday life is muscle memory. Your body remembers what you have done multiple times before, so you can relearn it quite fast at a later time in life. And muscle memory does not only work with sports, it also works with situations, such as sales situations and so on. Because the body remembers the body language and even some of the words and phrases you use in certain situations. But muscle memory has to come from a place, therefore practicing is quite important.
The world organizes in different and sometimes mysterious patterns. One of the patterns was discovered by the Italian Economist Vilfredo Pareto who states that 20 % of your inputs result in 80 percent of your output. Follow along while we talk about it.
The world is changing so fast nowadays. As humans, we can’t keep up with all the technologies we have. And just for the fun of it. We had a quotes game. So do you know where the quotes are coming from?
The digital world is overtaking the physical world. Hear our predictions of what's going to happen with nft and the metaverse and so on.
Phones are a must-have nowadays, so it's good to find a phone that works the best for you, but what phone is that? Products are always built with a certain profile and a certain goal.
Steven Wynne joined me today for a chat about some potential income streams. Nowadays there are a lot of ways to earn money and get an income. So what are some examples of income streams that you can get? Watch this video where we mention a few ways.
Steven Wynne joined me today for a chat about decision-making. When do you say yes and when do you say no. There is a lot of things to consider when you make a decision. Some of the things to consider are the ROI on the decision and some of the sacrifices you have to make to do.
In this world the most valuable asset you have is yourself. Therefore you must take care of yourself, invest in yourself and improve your skills. You must be sharp and vigilant if you want to be successful.
Decisions always cost time and energy, but the biggest waste of time is indecision. You can spend a lot of time thinking about your different decisions. It's way faster to take the decision and then realize you are wrong and change the decision. That way you also train your decision-making skills. Where we talked about the quote “Success comes from great judgment, and great judgment comes from bad decisions”
We talked about one of Gary Vee's favorite quote “Judge the Judger” meaning, ask yourself how much does that person know about your background, your struggles, or your goals. They can’t. Therefore there is no need to listen to people, who throw out their opinions around like they don’t have a clue. Think about yourself and understand that everybody is different and has different lives.
We talked about what things you need to consider when you build your personal brand. We talked about how one of the big things for one of the big shots, Gary Vee, has the hustle as one of his branding specialties. And one of the biggest influences on your success is how you manage your time and energy. The singularity of focus is one of the biggest predictors of success.
Steven joined me today. The talk was really going and we covered a lot of areas, where one of them was personal branding vs Corporate branding. And also why we think that personal branding is so popular in these times with social media and so on.
Steven Wynne joined me today for a chat about our latest week's win, loss, and lesson. And a new section is being added to the podcast “The goal” for the coming week. We also talked about our latest week and it's been quite a hectic week so to say.
This time I had my friend Matthew Pizzuto on the show, where he talked about his transition from a certified electrician to a digital marketer. We talked about how everything you do is an opportunity to learn something new. Also Matthew's new website Babalynn is coming up quite soon, so go and check it out on www.Babalynn.com or Instagram on https://www.instagram.com/babalynnshop/
And if you want to check out his digital marketing agency, go and check it out on
www.Beforetheprint.com or Instagram on https://www.instagram.com/beforetheprint/
As usual Steven and I talk about our biggest wins and losses of the latest week. We talk about how many of the sales and marketing skills are general skills, where we take an example of my own life with dating, where you can use sales and marketing strategies for dating as well. We have a good laugh about old stories because we are both two big buttons, which is a side note, but still a fun one.
Steven and I talk about our biggest wins and losses of the latest week and discuss what the biggest lesson was. We talk about expanding how to expand your business and what you need to do as you expand your business. We briefly give each other some book recommendations, which includes
- Sell like Crazy by Sabri Suby
- Rich dad, Poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki
- Blue ocean strategy by W.Chan Kim and Renee a. Mauborgne
- The Lean startup by Eric Ries
We talk about how books can help you achieve your goals by learning from the persons, that have already achieved what you want to achieve
Steven and I talk about our biggest wins and losses of the few weeks and discuss what the biggest lesson was. We talk about different types of personalities in business and how to work around the different personality traits so we can optimize every trait for any situation, but also so that the different personality traits aren’t shown as advantages and disadvantages, because it depends on the context. Steven talks about his last job, where he had a great example of the different personalities.
Steven and I talk about how we got into the business. We talk about our backgrounds and where we come from. We talk about our wins and losses over the past week and also how to set up goals properly, so you know when you are on track.