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    How Being a Person of Value First Always Wins the Race with Brian D. Evans

    Brian D. Evans is an Inc 500 entrepreneur who built the 25th fastest growing marketing, advertising and PR company in America. He started as an accidental teenage entrepreneur and is currently the founder and CEO of the rapidly growing online publication, Influencive.com.

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    Resources Mentioned:

    • Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
    • Audible – Get a FREE Audiobook & 30 day trial if you’re not currently a member!
    • IFTTT – Brian’s small business resource
    • A New Earth – Brian’s top business book
    • Influencive – Brian’s website
    • Connect with Brian on Twitter
    • Free Podcast Course – Learn how to Create, Grow and Monetize your own podcast!
    • The Freedom Journal – Set & Accomplish your #1 goal in 100 days!

    3 Key Points:

    1. Use language to change your mindset.
    2. Don’t do business just for the money.
    3. Great things happen when you’re willing to walk outside of your comfort zone.

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    Time Stamped Show Notes

    (click the time stamp to jump directly to that point in the episode.)

    • [01:05] – Brian as a teenage entrepreneur
    • [01:13] – He failed in school and learned unconventionally
    • [02:16] – One BIG and UNIQUE Value Bomb: Success and happiness is an energy and a mindset – inevitability of success mindset
    • [03:02] – Using language for your mindset
    • [03:53] – Brian’s simple exercise to see how you sound
    • [04:18] – An amazing case study – EOFire’s earlier episodes
    • [05:49] – Emotion comes from motion
    • [07:04] – How Influencive started
      • [07:18] – Launched accidentally in December 2015
      • [08:11] – From 800 to 750,000 readers
      • [08:48] – Influencive’s revenue
    • [10:28] – Worst Entrepreneurial Moment: I found myself in a successful business I wasn’t passionate about
      • [12:27] – Do things for a greater purpose
      • [13:17] – By not focusing on money, money comes in different ways
    • [13:43] – Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment: A recurring theme in my life. I wanted to be a writer and I realized if I’m doing things for the right reason, it doesn’t really matter. It’s not about me
      • [15:03] – Fear is subconsciously telling you what the one thing you want to do the most is
      • [15:58] – Don’t live in your comfort zone
      • [16:26] – Don’t be afraid of your fears
    • [16:39] – What is the one thing you are most FIRED up about today? Bringing in this community of influential minds and creative writers
    • [17:09] – Check out Influencive
    • [17:34] – Influencive is about a younger audience of people that do things differently
    • [18:20] – The Lightning Round
      • What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? – Falling into negativity and fear
      • What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – Find something or someone to be grateful for everyday
      • What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? – I condition myself every day in different ways
      • Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – IFTTT
      • If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – A New Earth – this book changed my life
    • [20:55] – Connect with Brian on Twitter or on his website
    • [21:12] – One thing that holds people back is creating content
    • [21:29] – Put content out into the world to get feedback

    Killer Resources!

    1) The Common Path to Uncommon Success: JLD’s 1st traditionally published book! Over 3000 interviews with the world’s most successful Entrepreneurs compiled into a 17-step roadmap to financial freedom and fulfillment!

    2) Free Podcast Course: Learn from JLD how to create and launch your podcast!

    3) Podcasters’ Paradise: The #1 podcasting community in the world!

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