Get Real with Mark Lyford: Recent Episodes
Mark Lyford
There’s a lot of fake news about what it means to be successful. During my many decades as an entrepreneur, I’ve had the highest highs and lowest lows, so I know both sides very well. There’s not much I haven’t faced in life, and here’s a sample:
Lived in the Bahamas, making $150,000 a month with a network of 32,000 porn sites
Lost $4,000,000, got divorced, and went bankrupt
Got a 4-year prison sentence for growing weed to pay off my debt
Reinvented myself as an internet marketer and crypto expert
Suffered clinical depression since 2006, with good days and bad days ever since
Almost committed suicide in 2017 and snapped out of it just in time
Lived in a caravan for 18 months because I had to
Spoken to audiences of 100s on stages in multiple countries
Sold millions of dollars of products online
Brokered 10s of millions of dollars in cryptocurrency transactions
This podcast will talk about anything and everything. Life, money, success, entrepreneurship, business, cryptocurrency, mental health and anything else connected with REAL life.
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I still don't have my FB profile back and now my FB page of 15 years is being used by scammers!
Talking about the last 6 days of my hacking hell and how Facebook really don’t seem to care.
Knowing when to quit is an art. It’s something I have struggled with in the past.
But the reality is life is too short to deal with aholes and this weekend I decided to stop battling with one particular aholes and his family.
I have too many other great and positive things to focus on and much more potential in my life instead of giving any more time to this articular person.
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Tracy Childers has been a software entrepreneur since 2009. Tracy Childers has been a software entrepreneur since 2009. He created a membership and content protection software business on over 110,000 websites. Tracy shares his journey and insights into his business that helps anyone with a wordpress website create a membership or online learning website. In the spirit of the Get Real Podcast, Tracy doesn’t hold back in sharing his REAL journey together with all the updates and downs he has experienced to get to the place he is now with his life and business. Listen now and be sure to subscribe to get instant updates of new Get Real Podcast episodes.
Watch this episode of the Get Real Podcast on YouTube here>> https://youtu.be/lzz70wkkRDs
Neil Stafford has been an online business entrepreneur for many years now. I call him “Mr Membership” Why? Because Neil has yet to find a business of any type he can't apply a successful membership or recurring model too. I know what having a good recurring income business feels like in business. 20 years ago I ran a business that had over $150,000 recurring incoming coming in each month. Neil talks about what any new or established business needs to do to get going and get recurring income coming into their business. Listen now and be sure to subscribe to get instant updates of new Get Real Podcast episodes.
Watch the podcast on YouTube here:
https://youtu.be/m3VpEG-xjlE
You need to create time to think. No matter how busy you are, having time to think is a must if you are an Entrepreneur (even if you are not.) It allows you to step back from things and once you get into having thinking time will give your mind time to figure things out more easily. I have my thinking time when I walk my dogs and always feel better for it. Occasionally I don’t think about anything, thats ok too as it’s a sign your brain just needs a rest. Many times though I come back with voice notes in my phone of things I can be doing to work better and smarter on the projects I’m working on. Try it, you need minimum 15 minutes thinking time. (I get about an hour a day while getting exercise.) You can fit it into your day and it’s well worth it.
Watch the video of this podcast on YouTube here >> https://youtu.be/mAs1fozSGxU
Brad Gosse had always thought outside of the box. An entrepreneur for over 30 years he has been there and done pretty much everything you can imagine. Now in his new life chapter he has turned full time online comedian and has gained a following many entrepreneurs can only dream of having. With over 1,000,000 followers on TikTok his unique comedy and online marketing skills have put him well on the way to being a comedic force to be reckoned with. I have known Brad over 24 years and he is one of my close friends I go to for advice and when I need thoughts outside the box. Listen now and see more about Brad at ask.BradGosee.com
View the podcast video here: https://youtu.be/6SHaB9hGMUQ
Timing in business is everything. Get your timing wrong and you can seriously f**k things up. Sometimes being first to do something doesn’t work out so great. MySpace or Facebook anyone? Check out my Get Real Quick about my thoughts and lessons I have learned about timing.
I have known Josh for over 20 years. He was my first ever employee and was responsible for me building up a team based in Columbus Ohio. Since then Josh has gone on to be a successful entrepreneur in his own right. Josh talks about the ups and downs of life as an entrepreneur and shares his thoughts on the reality of entrepreneurship and gives advice that will help you in your journey.
View the video of this podcast on YouTube here >> https://youtu.be/_FRdKRB8D9g
You more you put yourself out there, the more haters you will attract, thats just the way it is. i have had my fair share of haters over the years. I talk about how I deal with them and how you can deal with them too.
My mentor Harry Dann told me: “Business is a game, money just keeps the score" In this Get Real Quick episode I talk about it.
Wes Schaeffer is a US Air Force veteran.
Since 1994 he has looked for ways to drive sales, and he learned that selling is easier and more valuable to both the sales person and the client if good marketing makes the client aware of you and then contacts you to buy because none of us likes to be “sold.”.
He is a ruthlessly Pragmatic sales trainer, marketing consultant, keynote speaker, copywriter, HubSpot Gold Partner, Keap CRM / Infusionsoft expert, Doer.
Wes says: "Nothing happens until a sale is made. A sale cannot be made until a prospect has been identified. A prospect cannot be identified until a business owner informs the marketplace that they are in business with a valuable offering. Each step must be carefully crafted and integrated and then automated in order to create a business that sustains you vs. a service that drains you. I help you build all of that.”
Visit his website at TheSalesPodcast.com
Let’s Get Real Quick - These Get Real Quick episodes are designed to talk about one thing real quick. Around 5 minutes etc episode we deal with real issues and thoughts. In our first Get Real Quick, we talk about having a clear end goal and what you should be doing to achieve your end goals and enjoy the journey on the way. Can you be living your life that not only helps you on the journey to your end goal(s) but may get you there faster and living your end goal aspirations while you are working towards it.
Chris Coney is among the world’s most experienced educators in the field of decentralized finance (DeFi) and cryptocurrencies overall.
Years before joining Weiss Ratings, he invested early in crypto and earned enough money to retire at age 36. But instead of resting on his laurels, he decided to make it his life’s mission to help average investors achieve similar success through education.
For practical, how-to education, he founded Cryptoversity, the first online platform dedicated to training courses that help users navigate the oft-murky crypto world.
Soon thereafter, to help give users a broader knowledge of crypto, he began The Cryptoverse, a YouTube channel where Chris has hosted 958 videos and interviewed 97 crypto thought leaders about projects and trends that could change the world. Chris shares his journey and thoughts on life, business and much more.
View the video version of this podcast on YouTube at >> https://youtu.be/WnsMnNajzRI
I was interviewed by Chris Waistell, host of the Resilient Businessmen podcast. Chris interviews me about my life and it tells you more about me and my life. Thanks to Chris for the interview and for allowing me to share this on my Get Real podcast.
Mark Lyford says hello, introduces himself and welcomes you to his new Get Real podcast.