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The Solopreneur Hour is an audio podcast hosted by The Kickass Life Producer Michael O’Neal that will interview (and co-host with) the best and brightest solopreneurs from all walks of life, including network marketing, internet marketing, music, fitness, actors, comedians, and more. These people are not only standouts in their industries, but they’ve put an entrepreneurial spin and “zagged” while everyone else zigged. Our mission is to take you through their journey, give you actionable steps and actions to help you with your ventures, and inspire you to take massive action. Hopefully we’ll have a few laughs along the way.
We share practical steps and tools, including books, smartphone apps, websites, training courses, strategies and stories that will support you every step of the way.
Instead of giving the same interview you’ve heard 100 times, we invite our guests to be co-hosts, and have a casual but insightful conversation about success, just like you would at a restaurant or a bar. It’s that down-to-earth, practical conversation that lets our listeners know that we are all the same…just at different stages of our journey.
Our first guest is none other than the podcast juggernaut himself, Mr. John Lee Dumas. Many of you have heard his story. (If not, catch up with him at https://eofire.com/about) His podcast is not even a year old yet, and his downloads per month are over 300,000! He’s taken a brand-new-to-him medium and turned it into a six figure income in a few short months.
Since this is show #1, during our chat we talked a bit about how this podcast came to be, and the journey I’ve been through myself. I’m going to go deeper into it in episode #2, but it’s been an amazing ride for the last 4 years…starting from only $14 left in my bank account, to this.
We talked about how John got his start, leveraging his experience with the military, combined with some great lessons from The Four Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, to “batch” the tasks he needs to do every day to be a successful entrepreneur.
We also talked about a game changer of a book (for both of us), called “The e-Myth Revisited” by Michael Gerber. We both had a profound career change because of that book.
John explained the concept of Parkinson’s Law: work expands to fill the time available for its completion – means that if you give yourself a week to complete a two hour task, then (psychologically speaking) the task will increase in complexity and become more daunting so as to fill that week.
We then got into a great conversation about creating and leveraging relationships. How important building relationships to the right people in your niche are. In fact, if there’s any nugget to take from this show, it’s this:
Surround yourself with success. If you want to be successful at “xyz”, then work to establish relationships with people that are successful at “xyz”.
John mentioned how instrumental Jaime Tardy (https://eventualmillionaire.com/) and Cliff Ravenscraft (https://podcastanswerman.com) were in helping him develop a winning strategy to start his show.
And it’s worth nothing…he had his naysayers. Have a listen to find out how he handled being told “There’s no way you can do a show 7 days a week!”.
Finally, we talked about his killer program “Fire Nation Elite”. Talk about a killer deal! If you want to surround yourself with success, have a look at https://www.entrepreneuronfire.com/FireNationElite/ and see if it’s a good fit for you. He’s got very limited space for this incredible program, so don’t wait.
Remember… leaders say “yes”. And leaders decide.
This is it…we’re on our journey together. And I’m thrilled to be here with you.
Here’s a handy spot for links mentioned on the show:
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It
John Lee Dumas – The Entrepreneur on Fire Podcast – https://www.eofire.com
About John – https://eofire.com/about
Jaime Tardy – https://eventualmillionaire.com/
Cliff Ravenscraft – https://podcastanswerman.com
Finally, I have a small (but important) request:
This is a brand new show. So, I’ve got zero clout in the world right now. It takes a bunch of work to bring something like this to fruition. And the work is really fun. As my dad would have said “it beats digging ditches”. Tru dat.
Right now, my biggest asset is ratings and reviews on iTunes. When iTunes sees that a show is getting good ratings and reviews, it puts them into the “New & Noteworthy” section, and a brand new show can get lots of traction.
So, if you wouldn’t mind, would you please visit https://solopreneurhour.com/subscribe and leave me a nice rating and review? If you leave a nice review, I’ll thank you on the show, and you’ll be forever famous.
How awesome was John on the show? Say “thanks” by clicking this link and automagically sending a tweet to tell him so!
One more thing…if you think it’s valuable, if you could share this page on Facebook or Twitter, it would mean a ton to me as well.
Thanks so much, and I’m looking forward to hearing your comments about this show below.
Michael
Thank you so much the this wonderful opportunity to be guest #1! What an honor!
Love how u guys are supporting each other!
He’s a great friend, for sure. Thanks JLD!
Good luck Michael! Great job!!
David Wood is the one who turned me on to ur podcast…
Thank you John! If you’d be willing, I’d love a rating and review on iTunes: https://solopreneurhour.com/subscribe (thank you infinitely)
I will. Thanks for asking. That’s the key
Thank you John. Those things (ratings, reviews, subscriptions) are literally EVERYTHING right now. So I really appreciate it. And I’ll give those great reviews shout-outs on the show. 🙂
Is my review showing up on ur side? I don’t see it. I’ve submitted 4 or 5 times. What’s the trick?
Sometimes it takes 24 hours John…don’t worry about it. Thank you for doing it!
Big fan of Mr. Dumas. Looks like a great podcast concept.
You and Me both, brother. I’m his number one fan. 🙂
Rock on Mr Faux!
By the way, please feel free to give feedback on the show. If there’s something you’d like to hear in future episodes, please share it with me and I’ll try to make it happen!
Awesome podcast Michael. Have been a huge fan of John Lee Dumas and Jaime Tardy for about a year. I’m adding you to the list. Congrats on a great first episode! Looking forward to many more.
Brian, thank you! It’s been a really fun day!
Thanks Brian! Glad you enjoyed!
LOVED this! It was like being there with you both! I listen to John’s podcasts and was looking forward to listening to the very first solopreneur episdoe. THANK YOU! I learned So Much! Awesome! Looking forward to listening again.
Michelle, thank you SO much! John is an absolute ninja! It would be an amazing help if you’d be willing to leave a REVIEW and RATING on iTunes for us! https://solopreneurhour.com/subscribe. Thank you!
Hey Michael – caught you on EOFire and enjoyed the interview! I’m starting at the first episode so I don’t have much to catch up on! Great first episode btw!
Just heard your interview on EOFire and enjoyed your passion for the Solo path to success. Will certainly use that Bill Cosby quote too!!! Headed over to subscribe to your podcast and look forward to listening to you. Congratulations on the launch. Wishing you much success!
Richard, thanks so much man! I really appreciate that! Would love a rating and review on iTunes if you’d be willing to spare a minute! https://solopreneurhour.com/subscribe
Shout out goes to “John Lee Dumas” for turning me on to this podcast (EOFire #322). Nuggets of info: 1) “if you want to be, then do” 2) “you have to be willing NOT to be that good”
Great 1st show Michael. Keep up the hustle.
(BTW – the links for John and Cliff are returning a 404 error, not sure if it’s just me)