The Tony Durso Show, November 15, 2022

The E Myth Revisited with Michael E Gerber He started off framing homes, because he liked working with his hands. He did so well, he became the person that fixed the mistakes that other framers make. When moving to northern California to set up his own business, his brother-in-law asked him to help him with his Silicon Valley advertising agency clients who were having difficulty in converting leads to sales. Michael didn't know anything about that, but with a willing heart, he rolled up his sleeves to help.  Starting off with Bob, who had a high-tech company, and a ton of leads that were created for him, Michael was pushed into something that he wasn't certain about when he started. But the owner of the company, his brother-in-law. told him that he knew that he (Michael) knew more than he thinks he knows.  And so Michael was pushed into an industry that was totally new, and was put to the task to help a company in an area that was completely foreign to him.  Humorously, this first client asked Michael what he knew about his business, to which Michael answered, "nothing." A little disconcerted, he asked him what he knew about his product, to which Michael answered, "less than that."  Even more unsettled, Bob (the first client) asked, then how can you help me. To which Michael said that the advertising agency owner was certain he (Michael) could help him, so let's find out.   Here he is, a house-framer, and thrust into a conversation about something that he believed he didn't have any knowledge about.  Thus, Michael began asking the business owner questions to find out what he (the owner) knows about.  And as he went down this path, Michael found that the business owner's answers about his own business were all anecdotal... And he learned that the business owner didn't know anything about business, but he owned one... Today: Inc. Magazine calls him “the World’s #1 Small Business Guru” — the entrepreneurial and small business thought leader who has impacted the lives of millions of small business owners and hundreds of thousands of companies worldwide for over 40 years. Michael E. Gerber is the author of the NY Times mega-bestseller, for two consecutive decades, "The E-Myth Revisited" and nine other worldwide best-selling E-Myth books concerning small business entrepreneurship, leadership, and management. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

Our View From Home with Leslie Means Storyteller, children’s book author, columnist, former TV anchor/host, wife and mother, Leslie is the founder of the popular online community and motherhood website, Her View From Home (2.5+ million monthly readers), which encourages women to share their heartfelt stories of faith and family and to connect with one another.  Her View From Home is a thriving submissions-based publisher millions turn to for positive inspiration and advice on motherhood, marriage, kids, grief, friendship, life, gift guides and faith. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

Living Like An Olympian with Bri Seeley She was raised as an only child by an entrepreneur, dancing to the beat of her own drum. When it was time, Bri got her bachelors degree and next her masters degree in fashion design. She knew when it came time to get a real job, she still wanted to have her creativity. What followed was Bri accidentally started her own fashion label. Fast forward 8 years from starting her fashion label. She was dressing celebrities, her clothing was worn on the Bachelor, LA fashion week, winning awards at Phoenix fashion week and so on. But behind closed doors, she was miserable. She was having panic attacks and didn’t want to do what she was doing anymore. Bri was faced with a lot of struggles. Her pivotal point was during a meditation when she heard, “shut it down and walk away”. She did not take that lightly and 72 hours later, she closed her fashion brand of 8 years. After that she ventured into the unknown, but knew that she wanted to remain an entrepreneur. Bri started to clean out her email inbox and saw entrepreneurs had been emailing her for years asking her to help them with their businesses. At the time, she would respond that she was a fashion designer and they should look elsewhere. But she used those emails as a nudge from the universe to move in that direction. That’s when she started her own coaching business. In the following year, she was making 6 figures, and it has been upwards for Bri since then. Her mission and passion is helping entrepreneurs be successful. There’s many ways to misstep, fail and a lot of misinformation is out there. She wants to eliminate the struggle and frustration, and instead help and guide entrepreneurs to succeed on their own terms. Today: Bri Seeley is Google's Top-ranked (#1) Entrepreneur Coach. She has helped thousands of entrepreneurs around the world begin their entrepreneurial journey, create their first 6-figures and even scale to revenues of a million or more. She’s a member of the Forbes Coaches Council, the author of the best-selling Permission to Leap, host of The Success Diaries podcast, and she’s appeared on The TODAY Show, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! and now The Tony DUrso Show. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs. They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level. Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

Scaling from 1 to 100 with Henry Ma He started off in investment banking after graduating from NYU with a degree in finance and economics, but little did he know that would be something completely different from what he’s doing now.   Henry enjoyed the challenge of working in investment banking, but it was less fulfilling than he had thought in terms of growing and scaling.  He discovered that he likes to focus on more than just the financial aspects of a business. This led him to wanting to see where he could add value inside of a business to take it from 1-100. And he’s really enjoyed his journey figuring everything out along the way. Henry took some of the lessons he learned through his career in investment banking and applied some of the financial principles to look at the financial health of a business from an ongoing standpoint. He has been able to grow in more than just the financial side of a business given his current role.  As an entrepreneur you have to enjoy the process Henry says. He grew up around sewing and embroidery machines, and his experience in investment banking helped him propel into his role today.   Even though he started out with sewing machines and embroidery machines, it has branched off to a lot more.  His vision of Ricoma is to become the one stop shop and have different solutions for apparel decorators. The saying behind the scenes at Ricoma is, “as long as people wear clothes, we’re going to be in business”.   His core mission is to help entrepreneurs who want to get into the business with different technology. Whether that’s equipment, software, training and supporting them. He wants to help get them started in this business and help them scale it. Today: Henry Ma is a business expert who helped over 3,000 startups and established business owners in over 150 countries grow their decorated apparel businesses in his role as CEO of the embroidery machine manufacturer, Ricoma.  Named in “The Power 75” by Stitches Magazine, 5 years in a row, as one of the 75 most influential companies in the apparel decoration space, Ricoma's mission is to make apparel decoration more accessible to individuals and businesses through their extensive products, comprehensive training, and after-hours support.  Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

Cracking The Curiosity Code with Dr Diane Hamilton Her curiosity is the spark to it all. Diane has always been a curious person. She wanted to explore and learn how to do new things.  Her background is in sales originally. She sold everything from system computers in the 80s to being a pharmaceutical rep for 20 years. You learn the best lessons ever when you’re in sales. Sales toughens you up. She went into real estate lending in different areas which led to teaching.  She teaches online courses for multiple universities and worked as the MBA chair at Forbes School of Business and different positions at other universities.  She says, “One good thing about getting older is you know so much because you’ve done so much”.  Diane never thought she would write about curiosity at all. She fell into it because of her radio show.  Today:  Dr. Diane Hamilton, a nationally syndicated radio host, award-winning speaker, author, and educator, is a thought leader in the fields of leadership, sales, marketing, management, engagement, personality, curiosity, and motivation.  She is the creator of the Curiosity Code Index® and Perception Power Index, as well as the author of five books sold worldwide: Cracking the Curiosity Code, The Power of Perception, The Online Student’s User Manual, How to Reinvent Your Career, and It’s Not You, It’s Your Personality. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

Happy Leader Methodology with Tia Graham Tia Graham is an international speaker, best-selling author and consultant on positive psychology and engagement. She worked with dozens of global companies such as Goldman Sachs, Hilton Hotels and Hewlett Packard to elevate employe engagement and drive bottom line results. Prior to founding her company, Arrive at Happy, she led teams at luxury hotels in the United States and Europe for brands such as W Hotels, Westin and The London. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

The Values Factor with Dr John Demartini He was challenged as a child with learning. His first grade teacher told his parents he'll never be able to read or write or communicate effectively, go very far in life or amount to much.  But he made it through his classes in school by asking questions of the smartest kids until he was 12 as the family then moved. There weren't "smart kids" to help him at the new school he went to, and he wound up failing and dropping out of school. Being a "street-kid" around the age of 13/14, he hitchhiked to California when 14, and then moved on to Mexico and eventually Hawaii when 15.  While just getting by and surfing, he nearly died when 17. In recovering, he was led to a one-hour class by Paul C Bragg and inspired that he could overcome his learning problems and someday become intelligent.  What he did next, and how he solved his learning disability is not only astounding to hear, but that method is completely sound and perfectly workable today if you want to greatly improve your own learning capabilities. Today: Dr John Demartini is a human behavior specialist, International best-selling author, educator, founder of the Demartini Institute and the author of 40 books that have been translated into 39 languages.  He has presented along-side Sir Richard Branson, Donald Trump, Stephen Covey, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Steve Wosniak and many others. He has been a welcomed guest on Larry King Live, CNN, CNBC, is a contributor to Oprah Magazine and hundreds of other magazines.  Dr. Demartini also appeared as one of the featured experts in the film The Secret. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

The Courage to Change with Ken D Foster It all started for him when he was getting therapy. After one year, he told his doctor that he keeps hearing this voice that says, "you have to feel the pain to make the change." In reply, the doctor said, "I can no longer help you. You need to follow that voice."  He eventually realized that it was the Voice of Change, the Voice of Courage, the Voice of Truth. The next day he walked into a recovery center and his whole world changed from there.  This started a new pattern of his looking within on a continuous basis, and to stop looking outside of himself for all the answers.  Through this, in his life, he's had a lot of wealth, and he lost it a few times and learned the secrets of success through failure.  He says, "we need to fail forward to be able to let go of some of the ego that is stopping us and are limiting us from really expanding who we are and becoming the best version of ourselves." How do you grow courage?  Today: Ken D Foster is a keynote speaker, business strategist, and syndicated radio host of the “Voices of Courage” show, heard in more than 162 countries. The best-selling author of seven books, he has been featured in hundreds of radio shows, webinars, and TV networks, as well as on the cover of Triathlon Magazine and many other publications.  His new book is called “The Courage to Change Everything: — Daily Strategies & Essential Wisdom to Awaken Your Inner Genius.” Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

The Power of Leveraging Relationships with James Ziegler For 48 years, Jim Ziegler’s been a recognized industry, writer, magazine columnist, professional speaker, and super performer...following a record setting sales career, F&I manager/director and General Sales Manager with some of the top automobile dealerships in the country.  Some of his notable professions are: Associate Professor teaching Automotive General Management at Northwood University & Northwood university. Worked with more than 15,000 dealerships nationwide and is an Eagle Scout.  Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs.  They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level.  Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.

How to Drive Success with Anna Marie Dobbins Hallmark & Lifetime royalty leading actress Anna Marie Dobbins is a force to be reckoned with during the pandemic, filming over 15 movies in just 2 1⁄2 years. Since beginning her fast-tracked career, she gained the admiration of some of Hollywood’s longtime actors including Eric Roberts and Vivica A. Fox, starring alongside both separately in four movies throughout the past two years. Please share with someone you believe would be helped by this episode. Looking for guidance & wisdom to help you in your life, career & business? I interview some of the most successful people in the world, whom I call Elite Entrepreneurs. They share their journey and provide guidance & advice you can use to take things up another level. Thanks, and remember: Just Take Action! Success awaits those who persevere and remain steadfast despite the odds. Sow good seeds, do good deeds and join me on the next episode of The Tony DUrso Show.