How to Become a Five-Dimensional Winner | with Pete Vargas III

In this episode, we take a deep dive into all things goal-setting to get you off and running in the right direction with clear and achievable goals for 2024. 

Who better to take us through the goal-setting process than accomplished CEO, acclaimed author, keynote speaker, and host of the “All It Takes is a Goal” podcast…Mr. Jon Acuff. 

Whether you are currently on track and crushing your goals, or you didn’t do anything to prepare for this new year and you are wandering around aimlessly, we all have something to learn from this goal-setting guru. 

1)    Figure out something you enjoy, not something you have to fix. 

A goal is a way to fix a problem in life, but if we feel like we’re not doing well at accomplishing that goal, we can experience shame. Shame makes us pull back, not move forward. Every goal is a gift and an opportunity to step into new growth and success. Reframe your goal in a way that actually makes you want to spend time doing it, rather than avoiding it. 

2)    Find something you love so much that Netflix becomes boring. 

It’s not about committing to watch less TV or being more disciplined. It’s all about finding something that gives you so much joy that you’d rather work on that thing than check out with distractions. Joy leads to discipline and persistence. So you want to move past what you’re supposed to be doing and get into what you enjoy doing. 

3)    Frequently review your goals.

A half- hour review at the end of the month is worth 10 hours of productivity. Review your goals and ask yourself what worked and what didn't work. If you still haven’t set goals, it’s not too late! Stop telling yourself you missed some golden opportunity and start now.  

4)    Write your goals down. 

Paper shrinks fear! When ideas are just floating around your head, they can be confusing, chaotic, and overwhelming. But when you get your thoughts written down on paper, the things you are worried about get a little bit smaller and you can start to see what they really are. Grab a piece of paper and spend 10 minutes writing down a couple of goals. That's enough to get started!

5)    Get in the potential zone. 

There are three performance zones that people will fall into when it comes to goal-setting. The comfort zone (or pajama zone) where you have no goals, no action, and no progress, the chaos zone (or monster energy zone) where you’re hyper-motivated and unfocused, and finally, the potential zone, where you have the right goals moving at the right pace. Be careful about swinging between these zones - from no goals to excessive goals. Know where you are and find that middle potential zone. 

6)    Beware of competing goals but look for overlapping goals.

When setting goals, be aware of goals that are at odds with one another. If you have a goal to go on the road all year as a speaker and another goal to be a better father and to be with the kids all year, you may find yourself frustrated. An example of goals that overlap is the goal to listen to more audiobooks this year, and the goal of walking more. These goals overlap and work together for success. 

7)    Refine your goals and adjust as needed.  

“New Seasons deserve new scorecards.”

It's unfair to not adjust our goals to meet the demands of the seasons of life. Don’t get locked in and legalistic. Rigid goals are fragile goals. Don’t be afraid to revisit your goals and adjust as needed. 

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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About Jon Acuff

Jon Acuff is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including his most recent, All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential.

Published in more than twenty languages, his work is both critically acclaimed and adored by readers. When he’s not writing, Acuff can be found on a stage, as one of INC’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers. He’s spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences, colleges, and companies around the world including FedEx, Nissan, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Chick-fil-A, Nokia, and Comedy Central. Known for his insights wrapped in humor, Acuff shared the stage with an American Icon when he opened up for Dolly Parton at the Ryman Auditorium.

For over 20 years he’s also helped some of the biggest brands tell their story, including The Home Depot, Bose, and Staples. His fresh perspective on life has given him the opportunity to write for Reader’s Digest, Fast Company, The Harvard Business Review, and Time Magazine.

Jon lives outside of Nashville, TN with his wife Jenny and two teenage daughters.

In this episode, I am going to share how to win in ALL areas of life this year.

It’s time to strip off insecurities and self-doubt so you can run at full speed. In this first episode of Season 2, I want to build some framework that will help you to dominate in 2024, but I don’t want you to just win in one area this year. 

I want to help you become a five-dimensional winner in 2024. 

I’m going to share with you a process that my wife and I walk through every year which we call our wellspring wheel. This is a process that helps us take an honest inventory of five areas of our lives. All five of these areas need our full attention and effort. There was a time in my life when my wife felt like she was holding on by a thread with our kids in tow because I was out of balance. Yes, I was experiencing some success in business, but I was bleeding out in other areas which made it difficult to enjoy the successes I was seeing. I’ve learned that I need to inventory in all five of these dimensions. 

The first area I rate is my faith. For me, this involves assessing how much time I spend in prayer and in the Word of God. How much time did I spend developing and walking in my spiritual gifts? How much time did I spend listening to God? Maybe for you, it’s spirituality but for me, my faith is the most important thing in my life. 

The second dimension is my health. This consists of my physical, mental, emotional, and recreational health. Recreational health simply means did you have fun? This is a category that most people miss, but it’s so important that we are taking time to enjoy life!

The third dimension is relationships. What relationships matter most to you? For me, I rate my relationship with my spouse, my kids, my extended family, and my friends and community.

The fourth dimension is wealth. Making, managing, and multiplying money. I'm super grateful to Grant Cardone for modeling for me the difference between making money and multiplying money. Making money often takes your time. Multiplying doesn't take your time outside of what it takes to create the process or find the vehicle. I did my due diligence on one of Grant's properties last year and decided I wanted to invest in it. Now, every month I get a check on my returns with zero time invested. That's the multiplication bucket. Some of you need to spend some more time in the multiplication bucket. 

The fifth dimension is my business. After I take a personal inventory of my business, I use this very simple plan to reverse engineer my year by determining the stages I will book to grow my business. I want to share that exercise with you today.

Now go to 10Xstages.com/2024gameplan for the whole life assessment and your 2024 stage game plan. You'll be able to download both of those for free. 

This is the year to shed the things that keep you from running at full speed. This is the year to set your intentions, not just on wealth or business, but on all five dimensions so you are truly winning in life. 

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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About Pete Vargas

Pete teaches people how to grow their businesses and spread their message through stages. In 2003, his life was deeply impacted by one man on a stage–and since then he has dedicated his life to the power of stages. Since then- he and his team have booked over 25,000 stages worldwide and generated tens of millions of dollars of revenue through those stages. In 2016, he founded Advance Your Reach–a company with a mission to impact one billion lives through one million stages across seven spheres of influence.

Pete believes your Signature Talk is the most powerful marketing tool you have and that stages are the fastest way to grow your business. Through years of testing, he’s perfected the “Stage to Scale” system – a three-part framework that helps speakers, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, service providers, nonprofits, small business owners, and many others land speaking engagements and leverage stages to grow their businesses and organizations.

Pete and his team have helped thousands of clients implement their system – people like Russell Brunson and the ClickFunnels team, Grant Cardone, Dean Graziosi, Chalene Johnson, Michael Hyatt, Daymond John, JJ Virgin, Dave Ramsey, Garrett White, and Joel Marion. He’s also shared stages with titans such as Michael Phelps, and Robert Cialdini.

In this final episode of Season 1, Pete Vargas discusses the importance of self-evaluation and planning for the future. As one year ends, one season ends, one dream, or one journey ends… Pete shares that one of his secrets to success has been evaluating himself in five key areas: Faith, Health, Relationships, Finances, and Business. 

Pete's also going to discuss the importance of having mentors and learning from people who are successful in all areas of life. There is a powerful trajectory your life will lean towards and the starting point is who you are following. Who is leading you?

We want to encourage the Back Stage Audience to begin planning deeper and with more intent and to set clear goals and targets. 

Enjoy today’s episode and continue to become a powerful speaker, intentional leader, and a growing successful business owner. 

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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About Pete Vargas

Pete teaches people how to grow their businesses and spread their message through stages. In 2003, his life was deeply impacted by one man on a stage–and since then he has dedicated his life to the power of stages. Since then, he and his team have booked over 25,000 stages worldwide–and generated tens of millions of dollars of revenue through those stages. In 2016, he founded Advance Your Reach–a company with a mission to impact one billion lives through one million stages across seven spheres of influence.

Pete believes your Signature Talk is the most powerful marketing tool you have and that stages are the fastest way to grow your business. Through years of testing, he’s perfected the “Stage to Scale” system – a three-part framework that helps speakers, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, service providers, nonprofits, small business owners, and many others land speaking engagements and leverage stages to grow their businesses and organizations.

Pete and his team have helped thousands of clients implement their system – people like Russell Brunson and the ClickFunnels team, Grant Cardone, Dean Graziosi, Chalene Johnson, Michael Hyatt, Daymond John, JJ Virgin, Dave Ramsey, Garrett White, and Joel Marion. He’s also shared stages with titans such as Michael Phelps, and Robert Cialdini.

In this episode of Backstage with PV3, Pat Quinn interviews our guest, Hope Zvara, to discuss business growth strategies. Specifically, they dive into- How to Increase Conversion Rates in Three Key Areas: speaking on stages, one-on-one conversations, and social media. Together, they break down and highlight the importance of clarity in messaging, addressing potential objections early, and having a single call to action. 

Pat and Hope bring eye-opening clarity to the need to balance simple and complex content to ensure your audience not only grasps your content but converts!

Enjoy today’s episode, and continue to enjoy the journey of becoming a powerful speaker.

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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More About Pat

Pat Quinn has been entertaining, inspiring, and educating audiences for over 30 years. As a former professional magician, Pat learned the art of commanding a stage early in his career.  With an advanced degree in brain research, he understands how adults learn new information. As a professional consultant and speaker, he has keynoted the biggest conferences and spoken to audiences around the world. Pat Quinn Co-hosts the 10X stages workshops and he Co-hosts Backstage with PV3 podcast.

Pat consults with Professional Speakers and Business Leaders to help them improve their presenting skills and more effectively deliver their messages. From Olympic Athletes to New York Times Bestselling Authors, the very best speakers in the world turn to Pat Quinn to improve their presentation skills. Pat Quinn lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and two daughters.

More About Hope

Hope Zvara is the Co-founder and CEO of Mother Trucker Yoga as well as a successful and sought-after speaker. Breath, Body, and Belief are the pillars of Hope’s mission to Help Others Purposefully Excel. I have spent more than half of my life creating opportunities for people like you (and me) to fill these gaps. My goal is to help you reach your full potential so you don’t have to struggle trying to find what works. I have always had a love for speaking and knew from a young age that this was where I belonged.

I love to connect with my audience and touch them in a way that emotionally moves them. But beyond that, my presentations are moving-literally, expect to get up and move. A big part of learning new things is actually practicing applying them.

From schools to corporate. From MOPS to women’s conferences. From fitness events to athletics groups, my message has a way of inspiring everyone who finds themselves in the room with me.

In this episode, I am going to share my origin story of speaking and stages. The story I tell in today's episode is the reason WHY I do what I do. I made a commitment years ago to myself to get people’s stories on as many stages as possible. YOUR MESSAGE MATTERS and it’s your message that will change lives and transform your business above all else. 

This is the vital importance of having a Signature Talk. It is your number one greatest marketing tool and resource you have in your tool belt. As you share your story of overcoming, they create connection and engagement with your audience... and these stories will become the key performance indicator for success in 2024.

Our students have been on over 1 Million stages and growing!

That’s a lot of stages, that’s a lot of stories, and that’s a lot of potential customers.

Also, I mentioned in today’s episode that I would share the very first stage I spoke on with Brendon Burchard. This is the raw moment, nerves and all, where I share my authentic story and connect deeply with Brendon and his audience. Enjoy this little bonus clip: CLICK HERE

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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About Pete Vargas

Pete teaches people how to grow their businesses and spread their message through stages. In 2003, his life was deeply impacted by one man on a stage–and since then he has dedicated his life to the power of stages. Since then- he and his team have booked over 25,000 stages worldwide and generated tens of millions of dollars of revenue through those stages. In 2016, he founded Advance Your Reach–a company with a mission to impact one billion lives through one million stages across seven spheres of influence.

Pete believes your Signature Talk is the most powerful marketing tool you have and that stages are the fastest way to grow your business. Through years of testing, he’s perfected the “Stage to Scale” system – a three-part framework that helps speakers, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, service providers, nonprofits, small business owners, and many others land speaking engagements and leverage stages to grow their businesses and organizations.

Pete and his team have helped thousands of clients implement their system – people like Russell Brunson and the ClickFunnels team, Grant Cardone, Dean Graziosi, Chalene Johnson, Michael Hyatt, Daymond John, JJ Virgin, Dave Ramsey, Garrett White, and Joel Marion. He’s also shared stages with titans such as Michael Phelps, and Robert Cialdini.

In this episode of Backstage with PV3, I get the privilege of hosting and interviewing my friend and business partner, Grant Cardone! 

One thing I love about Grant is his monster confidence. His confidence allows him to take quick and decisive action and make things happen. Expect in this episode with Grant some insider tips he’s picked up on the road to super success… he is going to deliver top strategies to success for 2024 including but definitely not limited to:

1. Lose the need for approval.

2. Deal with problems right away. 

3. Learn to say yes and no

4. Become a master at improvising.

5. Don’t worry about making mistakes.

I don’t know about you, but Grant always gets me fired up and ready to keep pushing forward. He refuses any excuse that stands in the way and he finds a way to get things done. We have the perfect opportunity for you to take the advice you received from Grant today and put it into action. 

PS. There is a special guest on today’s episode that joins in on the fun and action!

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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More About Grant

Grant Cardone is the CEO of Cardone Enterprises, Cardone Capital, international speaker, entrepreneur, author of The 10X Rule, & creator of 21 bestselling business programs, Grant Cardone owns & operates seven privately held companies and a portfolio of over $4 billion in multifamily properties. 

Named the #1 marketer by Forbes Magazine, Cardone is also the founder of The 10X Movement & The 10X Growth Conference, the world’s largest business & entrepreneur conference.

“SUCCESS IS YOUR DUTY, OBLIGATION, RESPONSIBILITY.” 

– Grant Cardone

To learn more about Grant Cardone visit GrantCardone.com

In this episode, I am going to share a live case study of how I gained 582 customers in only one week! The secret is…I practice what I preach!

Utilizing multiple OPSs (other people’s stages) and multiple OWNs (my own stages), I was able to generate exactly 582 customers, and over 2 million dollars in just one week’s time. This case study is proof that what I have been teaching you works!

STAGES are the number one way to effectively grow your business and gain new customer relationships. My encouragement to you through this episode is that you would have a greater understanding of how many OPSs and OWNs you are committed to. When you commit to stages, you are committing to growth.

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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About Pete Vargas

Pete teaches people how to grow their businesses and spread their message through stages. In 2003, his life was deeply impacted by one man on a stage–and since then he has dedicated his life to the power of stages. Since then, he and his team have booked over 25,000 stages worldwide–and generated tens of millions of dollars of revenue through those stages. In 2016, he founded Advance Your Reach–a company with a mission to impact one billion lives through one million stages across seven spheres of influence.

Pete believes your Signature Talk is the most powerful marketing tool you have and that stages are the fastest way to grow your business. Through years of testing, he’s perfected the “Stage to Scale” system – a three-part framework that helps speakers, entrepreneurs, financial advisors, service providers, nonprofits, small business owners, and many others land speaking engagements and leverage stages to grow their businesses and organizations.

Pete and his team have helped thousands of clients implement their system – people like Russell Brunson and the ClickFunnels team, Grant Cardone, Dean Graziosi, Chalene Johnson, Michael Hyatt, Daymond John, JJ Virgin, Dave Ramsey, Garrett White, and Joel Marion. He’s also shared stages with titans such as Michael Phelps, and Robert Cialdini.

In this episode of Backstage with PV3, Pat Quinn discusses the importance of negotiation when securing speaking opportunities. Pat shares insider tips from his multi-decade experience including the emphasis on resisting immediately saying yes when offered a speaking opportunity! Three keys to stage negotiation Pat unpacks are Logistics (such as the length and topic of the speech, and the number of attendees), Compensation (including speaking fees and expense coverage), and Opportunity (the chance to sell products or services, collect leads, or gain access to the attendee list). 

Additionally, learn how to offer additional value, such as hosting a free webinar or additional training, to increase your chances of securing the best possible terms.

Enjoy this episode of Backstage!

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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More About Pat

Pat Quinn has been entertaining, inspiring, and educating audiences for over 30 years. As a former professional magician, Pat learned the art of commanding a stage early in his career.  With an advanced degree in brain research, he understands how adults learn new information. As a professional consultant and speaker, he has keynoted the biggest conferences and spoken to audiences around the world. Pat Quinn Co-hosts the 10X stages workshops and he Co-hosts Backstage with PV3 podcast.

Pat consults with Professional Speakers and Business Leaders to help them improve their presenting skills and more effectively deliver their messages. From Olympic Athletes to New York Times Bestselling Authors, the very best speakers in the world turn to Pat Quinn to improve their presentation skills. Pat Quinn lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with his wife and two daughters.

In this episode of Backstage with PV3, my good friend – the AMAZING Jenna Kutcher, joins me to share the 4 Stages that have helped build her business and the TOP one she is most excited about! Jenna is a New York Times best-selling author, has the #1 Marketing Podcast, and is known as a Digital Marketing expert.

Jenna and I discuss the power of podcasting as a digital stage, highlighting its potential for reaching a large audience, building an email list, and monetizing content. Jenna shares her backstage journey of starting a podcast and how it has grown into a significant revenue generator for her business. 

When you finish this episode, you will want to start your own podcast! Let’s get to growing and working together! 

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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More About Jenna

Jenna Kutcher is a small-town girl from Minnesota, best-selling author, podcaster, educator, photographer with big dreams and the #1 Marketing Podcast in the country.

“I didn’t always have this business: the clients, the courses, the book, the sales, the millions of downloads…”

In fact, just a decade ago, you could have found Jenna wearing red and khaki, exhausted in her stuffy windowless office. “I thought I had landed my dream job, but that dream turned into a ladder-climbing nightmare…”

At the age of 23, she invested in a $300 Craigslist camera. Little did she know that camera would be her one-way ticket out of my windowless office corporate job. That single investment led Jenna to the 7-figure empire she is running today (and a bestselling book that tells the whole story). Today, you can find Jenna snuggled up in my cozy Minnesota craftsman with my two pups or basking on the beaches of Lake Superior with her husband and beautiful girls.

For more about Jenna go to:

jennakutcher.com/pete

In this episode of Backstage with PV3, the Powerhouse, Stormy Wellington shares her journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of the most successful women entrepreneurs and speakers. She breaks down the importance of authenticity, resilience, and self-love in achieving success. She also discusses the power of communication and how it changes lives. My favorite part of what Stormy shares in this episode, is how she encourages you to find YOUR "It factor" and to communicate YOUR unique story in a way that will resonate with others. Stormy also highlights the importance of health, self-care, and the role of adversity in advancing one's life mission. 

Stormy and I are pulling back the curtain and authentically taking you behind the scenes in this episode of Backstage!

- Pete

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BACKSTAGE with Pete Vargas III is a brand new show dedicated to bringing you powerful content, top-tier guests, and practical takeaways- that will help you build your life and business…all through stages! 

Go to backstagewithpv3.com and subscribe to be the first to know when a new guest is scheduled. Don’t miss a single episode! Subscribe to the podcast, like+share, and follow @PeteVargasIII on all social media platforms.

Connect With Pete at: info@backstagewithpv3.com

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More About Stormy

Stormy Wellington is the most impactful black woman to create more millionaires in this day of age! Known as the highest-paid network marketer In health & wellness, the largest meditation community of colored women, and she has coached 42 families Into becoming 7+ figure earners!

Born in New York, moved to San Francisco, and eventually rooted and raised in Miami, Florida, Stormy's journey was far from easy. With humble beginnings, she was born with a burning desire to succeed. As a child, while most kids were worried about getting home before the streetlights came on, she was questioning if her mother would be at home! Incredible as it may seem, she was raised mostly by her brothers, family, and friends while her mother took care of her business in the streets.

Tough upbringing couldn't stop her... today, she is arguably the most powerful woman in direct sales, traveling the world, and helping thousands resonate with inner peace and wealth.

Her mission is to help women become the highest and best version of themselves by knowing themselves, loving themselves, and embracing themselves. There’s absolutely nothing you can’t do and no one you can’t be.