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How 2021-COVID-19 Relief Package impacts the Small Business Community

SBDC Small Business Podcast - April 09, 2021 05:00 - 15 minutes
Brandon Wells from the SIUE Alestle interviewing our SBDC director about the 2021-COVID_19 Relief Package.

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Episode 039, The Obstacle is the Way

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - April 08, 2021 09:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
My friend on Facebook, Nathan Fraser made a post that started off with "The biggest obstacles between you and what you want are often the obstacles in your own head." This led me to todays episode.  Having struggled to start businesses in the past, this post really hit home for me. It wasn't un...

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Independent Consulting (IC) Topics Chat with Goshen Education Consulting: Introducing the Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE

SBDC Small Business Podcast - April 02, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes
Introducing the Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE and how we assist with small business development.

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Episode 038 Am I investing or Just Spending Money?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - April 01, 2021 21:40 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
It's easy to get in the mindset of spending money. Each time you try out a new tool or purchase a program ask yourself a question. Did I buy that or did I invest in that tool or program?  It seems the normal "programming" is we are spending money any time we trade money for stuff. I suggest you...

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Episode 037, What Forged In Fire Taught Me About Business

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - March 25, 2021 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
It's so easy to get down on yourself and want to quit. Forged in Fire not only helped reinforce not quitting but also how we can be better people.  When one of the competitors was having some major setbacks the others started cheering him on and even helping him. Listen in today and you can hea...

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Episode 036, What is Your MVI?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - March 18, 2021 09:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I was able to listen in to a training this week where George Bryant appeared as a guest and shared this awesome framework with us.  This just barely scratches the surface of what George taught us this week but I wanted to share it with you. The three components of this framework that you need a...

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East St. Louis Cafe of Champions Competition

SBDC Small Business Podcast - March 16, 2021 05:00 - 12 minutes
The 2021 SIUE East St. Louis Café of Champions Challenge is an opportunity for local catering and/or restaurant entrepreneurs to showcase their talent for a chance to win $3,000 in cash prizes and a grand prize of 1- year rent and utility free commercial kitchen/cafe space on the East St. Louis ...

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Episode 035, Customer Service is Dead!

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - March 11, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
After many years in customer service, I'm shocked at how many people approach the way they treat customers. Listen in today about an experience I had that turned out different than I expected.  You'll also hear how I feel about, "the customer is always right". Want to hear a specific topic? Se...

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Episode 034, Learn Something and Teach it to Someone Else

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - March 04, 2021 05:37 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Listen in as I talk about one of the best ways to help retention of new learning. We are always learning new things but, do we remember what we learn? Don't leave retention of information that you are really interested in to chance!  Learn all you can and then teach it to someone else. Keep in ...

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Episode 033, Spend Time Meditating Each Day

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - February 25, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Meditating is something that I do daily and it has had a positive impact on my life. I'm not a master at meditation but it is something I encourage you to do. Find out more by downloading some of the free apps to try or by going to google and search for some ways to meditate.  Listen in today a...

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Interview with Ronda Sauget Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois

SBDC Small Business Podcast - February 25, 2021 06:00 - 23 minutes
The Illinois SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE speaks to the Leadership Council about the various economic development projects happening in the Metro East.

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Meet the Advisors at the IL SBDC for the Metro East at SIUE

SBDC Small Business Podcast - February 18, 2021 16:28 - 17 minutes
This podcast is the first episode from the IL SBDC for the Metro East at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. We are Certified Business Development Advisors who can help those who want to own and operate a business in Illinois. Come meet the Advisors!

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Episode 032, The Enemies Within

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - February 18, 2021 10:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I really believe that everyone has thoughts that are not beneficial. Thoughts that creep or pop into our heads and sabotage what we are trying to accomplish. The problem is, many time we don't know why or where they come from. What's even scarier is that sometimes we have enemies on the inside a...

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Episode 031 Listen to a Positive, Uplifting Podcast

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - February 12, 2021 04:09 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Everyday you would be better off if you listen to a positive and uplifting message. What better way to do that than with a podcast? Listen in today as I discuss some of the benefits of doing so. One of the podcasts I mentioned in todays episode is Morning Moments Matter. This is a great podcast...

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Episode 30, Tapping Into Wealth

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - February 04, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Tapping into your wealth can have many different meanings. Each one of us define what wealth really means to ourselves. Today I share with you a little bit about a friend of mine, Erica Ross-Krieger. I was blessed enough to participate with Erica in one of her programs that had a profound effec...

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Episode 029, What the Funnel?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - January 28, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
If you are in business or looking at starting a business and you've done any research online, you've probably come across the term funnel.  As often as I hear the term, I know that many people have no idea what a funnel is or what it does. In this episode I give you some insight as to what a fu...

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Episode 028, Should I Hire a Coach?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - January 21, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Just because someone you know hires a coach doesn't mean that is the right coach for you. Even if you are in the same field as the other person. Hiring a coach is something that should be done with someone that is right for you. Only you can determine if a coach is a good fit for you.  Listen ...

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Episode 027, How Can I?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - January 14, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I was helping my daughter with her Math work today and this lesson popped up in our conversation.  She really doesn't like Math and is quick to say "I don't know" and "I can't do it".  Immediately this lesson of, how can I, popped into my head. This is something that will keep our mind open and...

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Episode 026, Ask for Help

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - January 07, 2021 05:33 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
We all need help from time to time. I encourage you to think about your business and what blind spots do you have when putting out products or content. Enlist people that have been supportive of you and your business. Be cautious of who you listen to when it comes to your message that you are pu...

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Episode 025, Lessons Learned in 2020

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - December 31, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Join me as I look back at the top 5 lessons I learned in 2020. Don't give up Plan ahead Trust your instinct Invest in yourself Be yourself Listen in as I go into details on each one of these.  Let me know which one resonates with you the most by emailing me at [email protected]...

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Episode 024, Time Goes Fast

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - December 24, 2020 10:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
As we go through life with kids it can be easy to lose our temper with them. We often forget that they are just kids and haven't learned all of the things we have. They don't have the same knowledge base to pull from as we do. Unfortunately many times they don't even know what they have done wro...

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Episode 023, Read and Implement

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - December 17, 2020 10:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Many people read books but... How many people actually implement what they have read?  This is the question of the ages. If we don't implement, how do we expect to change our lives? Listen in to find out more. Here are the 5 books I mention in todays podcast: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks Pro...

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Episode 022, Are You In Good Company?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - December 11, 2020 02:04 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
In this episode find out some questions you should ask yourself about the people you are hanging out with. Do you want to make changes in order to improve your chances of success?  If you run with dogs you'll get fleas is a saying that I was told often as a kid and I think this applies now more...

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Episode 021, 7 Ways to Up Your Average

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - December 03, 2020 06:28 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
The whole reason I am here is to help you make your life and journey in business easier. I have come up with 7 ways to do this by Upping Your Average. I cover these 7 ways in this episode and I will go deeper on these 7 ways in the future. Make sure you check back for the downloadable poster I ...

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Episode 20, Can We Be Thankful in 2020?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - November 26, 2020 10:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Even with 2020 being a crazy year I encourage you to look into your life closer. I think if you look close enough you will find something to be thankful for. Listen in and you can hear some of the things I'm thankful for and maybe this will help you when you make up your list of items to be than...

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Episode 019, The Brand Change

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - November 19, 2020 06:02 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I have been working on a brand change for my podcast to make it match my company and how I want to help men in business.  I also dive deeper into my journey of entering the online business world. Some of the challenges I faced almost stopped me cold in my tracks. I almost left the online busine...

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Episode 018, Oops I Did It Again

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - November 12, 2020 09:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
I started off by telling about not scheduling my priorities but ended up saying it the wrong way. I said it the way that has been ingrained in me since I was young. I said prioritizing my schedule and if you caught podcast episode 4 you know that I messed up what I was trying to say.  This led ...

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Episode 017, All Good Things Must Come to an End or Do They?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - November 05, 2020 03:57 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Ever since I was a kid I remember being told that all good things must come to an end. As an adult I see that this kind of thinking can be extremely detrimental to our success and mental well being.  I question this philosophy and what should we really be doing? Dive into the episode and then s...

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Episode 016, Be Excited About What You Do?

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - October 29, 2020 08:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
For many years I was told to be excited about what I'm doing. If I'm recruiting or wanting someone to work with me. This was a major key to my training, they will feel your excitement and want to work with you. After spending many hours listening to one of the worlds best negotiators that starte...

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Episode 015, Group Coaching vs Mastermind Group

Up Your Average, In Business and Life - October 22, 2020 02:17 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings
Which should I choose? A group coaching program or a mastermind group? What even is the difference? Listen in today as I discuss a couple of the differences, that way you can decide which is better for your current needs. I also mention I'm launching a beta mastermind group. If you would like ...

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