Learning Life With Jon Tota On The Knowledgelink Network

Harnessing FOMO and his love of live events, Evan Samet founded Ticket Insider - a secondary ticket reselling platform established in 2013. Juggling the rigors of undergraduate academia with growing and maintaining a business can be difficult, but Samet is here to tell you it's worth it!  "The best time to found a business is in college. You don't need to worry about how you are going to make a dollar tomorrow; you don't have a family to support. Take the risk!" Samet sold Ticket Insider to a company that cannot be named in 2018, and is now the vice president of purchase and market analysis for Key Investment Group. In this episode, Evan and Jon discuss the future of the live entertainment industry, the challenges of running a business centered around in-person events, and how college is the best time to try to start a business.  Connect with Evan Samet on LinkedIn.

Julia Pimsleur went big. After building her multimillion-dollar language learning business Little Pim, she set a goal to help 1 million women reach $1 million in revenues. Now she wants to help you get out of your own way and go big now! Learn the number 1 mindset technique needed to bust your limiting beliefs and achieve your biggest goals. Her new book, Go Big Now, launched last week. Check it out at juliapimsleur.com/gobignow

Humans aren't designed for prolonged periods of stress. Our bodies have manifest this stress into various ailments and discomforts.  Nicole Mixdorf is the founder and chief wellness office of Balance by Nature, an award-winning corporate health and wellness consulting firm. Previously a high-level executive, Nicole experienced first-hand the challenges of balancing a professional career with personal wellness. She launched Balance By Nature to help companies design wellness programs to support their employees. Balance by Nature has won numerous industry awards and has been recognized as a top 10 employee wellness company in the US for the past two years! Nicole was also named the most influential woman in corporate wellness services in the US in 2020. Nicole shares quick tips for dealing with stress, finding your body's weakest link, and a special giveaway offer just for you - get your Blueprint to a Balanced Life and start structuring your day to success!    Visit the Balance by Nature website Connect with N

The most successful people in America didn't necessarily go to the best school, but they certainly worked the hardest and gave everything to be where they are. These are the entrepreneurs.  Lewis Schiff helps entrepreneurs go from moonshot takers to moneymakers. He's developed several programs, workshops, and workbooks to guide entrepreneurs to true wealth and long-term success. He shares his advice on becoming successful, his love of entrepreneurs, and tells us what the top trait for success is.  Lewis Schiff is a prolific author, serial entrepreneur, and advisor to hundreds of very successful business owners over the years. You've probably seen or read at least one of Lewis's many successful books, a list that includes The Armchair Millionaire, The Middle-Class Millionaire, Business Brilliant, and The First Habit: The One Technique That Will Change Your Life. Beyond his own entrepreneurial success, Lewis has spent the second part of his career creating organizations and education programs to support entrepr

"I just want to be involved with promoting education, good quality content, making it fun, but making it stick and making kids enjoy it and really kind of stoking the fire of curiosity." Rene Gadelha is the Chancellor of VictoryXR Academy, providing fully immersive virtual reality education. XR is a combination of both Virtual and Augmented reality, making a fully encompassing experience for learning in a virtual space. Seeking something better than the boxed-in setting of a Zoom classroom, Rene and VictoryXR are working on creating "Digital Twin" campuses for schools and universities and even fully immersive VR field trips.  Rene believes that the ultimate way to distill learning and reduce distractions is to bring the in-person learning experience seamlessly anywhere. High quality AR and VR will be more engaging than the Zoom lessons of today.  Learn more at https://www.victoryxr.com/.

Build healthy habits and create positive changes in your life.  Andrew Kap is the founder and CEO of Awesome Marvelous, Inc., a content publishing and marketing agency, and the best-selling author of The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read. With all of his strategies and techniques, Kap helps people separate themselves and stand out through all the noise. His book offers over 18+ ways to manifest the life you want to live so there's something for everyone.  Kap put these techniques into practice during a dark time in his life. After seeing such great success with them, he's now inspired to help others create a genuine, sustainable impact in their lives.  In this episode, Kap shares a few techniques that you can start using right now to change your trajectory and discusses how he came to believe in the secret of the law of attraction. Learn more about Andrew Kap's book here - The Last Law of Attraction Book You'll Ever Need To Read: The Missing Key To Finally Tapping Into The Universe And Mani

With 500+ keynotes in 33+ countries, two best-selling books, and 4 world records, Ryan Avery is THE keynote speaker. He's an expert on communication skills and shows leader and their teams how to accelerate their achievement, maximize their potential, and, as his trademark teaching states, go from A to THE in their industry.  In this episode, Ryan talks with Jon about making your perfect day a reality, how communication will never change, and the trends he sees in THE leaders of today. Ryan became the youngest World Champion of Public Speaking in history at just 25 years old. Soon afterward he quit his job with the Special Olympics, moved back in with his parents (with his wife, Chelsea), and pursued his dream of public speaking for a living. Now Ryan Avery is one of the Millenial generation's most profound speakers on strategic communication, negotiation, and leadership. Avery is also an Emmy-winning journalist, two-time best-selling author, and world record holder.  ryanavery.com Speaker. Leader. Champion.

Have you grown out of your job? Angela Yeh specializes in strategic career placements and evolutions, both for companies filling a role and for individuals looking to change their career trajectory.  Angela is on both sides of the fence in the creative industry, helping companies understand how to identify and attract the right talent to grow their business and culture, but also coaching individuals on how to take their careers to the next level and evolve both personally and professionally. She is the founder and chief talent strategist at Thrive by Design and Yeh IDeology. Yeh IDeology is a talent strategies consultancy specializing in executive coaching and recruitment in the design, strategy, and innovation space. Thrive by Design is a coaching program focused on helping creative professionals navigate their career path and reach their highest potential. Reach out to Angela Yeh for freebies and giveaways on her site thrivebydesign.today

Howard Shore is a serial entrepreneur who bought and sold his first company by the age of 21. After selling his first business and attending college, Shore went on to work his way up in a few prominent fortune 500 companies. He tired of the corporate scene and decided to return to his entrepreneurial roots. Shore has mentored executives and entrepreneurs of all sizes personally and professionally. He’s also best selling author of Your Business is a Leaky Bucket and his most recent book, Leadership Launchpad, in which he outlines actionable plans to help you increase your profits and scale your business. (We think it’s the best strategic guidebook available today!) His current business is called Activate Group, where Shore helps to develop c-level leaders both personally and professionally.  In this episode, Howard Shore talks with host Jon Tota about why leaders are struggling, overcoming the adversity of the new working world, 5 facets of business to master for wild success. Learn more about Howard Shore her

Chris Yonker is a recovering high achiever. After years in sales for 3M, Yonker was left unfulfilled. There had to be more to life than a job. Now he and his team work with high achievers like executives, entrepreneurs, and athletes to expand their consciousness and capacity for fulfillment. Chris Yonker is a vision alchemist, NLP practitioner, author of Soul Intention, and speaker.  Learn more about Chris Yonker. You only have one life. Design it your way. Get Chris's free vision workbook here.  Check out Chris's book, Soul Intention: An Executive's Guide to Building a Life by Choice, Not by Chance.  For extended show notes, visit us at learninglifeshow.com 

Prospects falling through the cracks? Losing fantastic employees and talent? You need to expand your leadership team. But how? This is Mike Goldman's specialty - expanding and developing your leadership team so that your organization can grow and scale to the next level.  Mike Goldman has been a leadership team coach and consultant for over 30 years. He's helped dozens of businesses of all sizes scale by developing their leadership teams. Mike has recently published his second book, titled Breakthrough Leadership Team: Strengthening the Heart and Soul of Your Company- and it's all about investing in the development of your most important people, your leadership team. Learn when the right time to expand your leadership team is, what personality tests should be used for, and creating a great culture virtually.  Visit Mike Goldman at https://www.mike-goldman.com/ Get his book https://www.mike-goldman.com/break-through-leadership-team Check out the course: https://www.breakthrough-growth.com/breakthrough-growth-

We are living in a time of extreme disruption, there's no denying it.  In this episode, we hear from a woman who has centered her life around extremes: Ebony Smith.  She specializes in training and coaching in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous (V.U.C.A.) work environments. Previously, Smith achieved a Masters in operational safety, worked for BP and Sunoco, before pivoting her career to leadership.  Ebony Smith talks with Jon Tota about the importance of creating a coaching culture, how VUCA translates to traditional businesses and the significance of tree bathing and self-care. Interested in Ebony's company? Learn more about Ebenum Equation Follow Ebony on LinkedIn for more insights. 

Scott Miller is Franklin Covey's executive vice president of thought leadership and the best-selling author of "Management Mess to Leadership Success," which is the first book in the multi-volume Mess to Success series. He's also the co-author of another recent bestseller: Everyone Deserves a Great Manager. Scott is the host of the highest subscribed-to weekly leadership podcast show on the air right now, Franklin Covey On Leadership with Scott Miller podcast show. In this episode Scott talks with Jon about vulnerable leadership, finding your smallest viable market, and his drive to be a thought leader.    Listen to Scott's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/franklincovey-on-leadership-with-scott-miller/id1391164389 Read Scott's books: https://managementmess.com/ https://everyonedeservesagreatmanager.com/

Anthony Vaughan is the host of the popular E1B2 podcast show, a strategic advisor to multiple companies, and he recently launched the E1B2 Collective, where his team is focused on helping startups, improve their employee experience and put their people first by launching people operations divisions. Vaughan joins Jon Tota to discuss the post-COVID working world, the focus on a return to work, a new working normal, and how to make the employee experience even better than before.  Learn more about the E1B2 Collective Listen to the E1B2 Podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow Anthony Vaughan on LinkedIn

Neal Taparia might have saved you in high school or college when you needed to quickly format the citations on your term paper. While in high school in 2001, Neal Taparia and his friend created EasyBib to make citing their sources well... easier. After gaining popularity, Taparia and his partner sold EasyBib to Chegg (another lifesaver) and stayed on to help Chegg scale their business operations and the company 10x.  Taparia then founded SOTA Partners where they incubate new businesses and invest in and advise startup teams. In this episode, Taparia and Tota discuss the challenges of growing a business through high school and college; the marketing strategies that worked; and the benefits of a CEO mentor.  Check out his latest investment endeavor Solitaired at solitaired.com. 

Trent Howell is the vice-president of marketing at eLearning Brothers and has over 25 years of experience in information technology and the training industry specifically. But he's not here to talk about that - Trent is here to talk board games!  Trent's family love board games so much they have a day of the week dedicated to playing them. They decided to turn their love of board games into a knowledgebase for everyone else with The Board Game Family (theboardgamefamily.com). They rate and review all types of board games so you can make the right decision when looking for something non-screen-related to do with loved ones.  Check out their 10th annual holiday gift guide to get the board game lover in your circle the best present!  https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2020/11/board-game-gift-guide-2020/   The most popular post over the years on The Board Game Family site has been Mom's favorite games: https://www.theboardgamefamily.com/2015/10/favorite-board-games-mom/   And the Family Favorites is:  https:/

Faith Jones is back with a new book and valuable insight into human rights and the intersection of morality and legality.  Faith's new five circle framework, called I Own Me, is a result of the first 22 years of her life spent within a religious cult called The Family. You own the rights to your own body. She encourages us to find the true power in owning yourself.  This framework applies to every facet of daily life. Whether someone is harassing you at the gym or someone is defaulting on your contract, the I Own Me framework can be applied.  Get Faith Jones's book and learn more about her at faithjones.com or search for her on LinkedIn or Instagram.  Watch Faith's I Own Me TEDx talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18oDUTQ14ME&t=266s This episode is sponsored by eLearning Brothers.  Visit www.learninglifeshow.com/elb for more information. 

Ryan Mason is a savvy entrepreneur and author who is making waves as one of Yahoo's top 12 entrepreneurs to watch in 2020. He's the founder and CEO of Luxe Brand, a leading luxury shoelace provider featured on Good Morning America, the NFL, and with over 30 athletes and celebrities. Ryan also founded and runs Bizbuzz Digital, an award-winning marketing automation software company. And he just authored his first book called The Digital Playbook where he shares proven processes to increase your visibility, grow awareness, and supercharge engagement and conversion.  Get to know Luxe Brand at https://luxe-brand.com/ Take your digital marketing to the next level with https://bizbuzzdigital.com/ Pre-order The Digital Playbook: Proven Methods for Using Digital Marketing on Amazon today: https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Playbook-Marketing-Advertising-Visibility-ebook/dp/B08LF3KN9S   This episode is sponsored by eLearning Brothers. Check out the Virtual Onboarding Handbook to make sure you're setting your employees on

Tom Frank is a lifelong culture engineer who works to help local and national companies create a better world for their employees - all by asking employees what they want!  Previously Frank co-founded the popular restaurant chain PF Chang's as part of the original development team and helped develop the foundation to grow into a global chain. For the past 15 years, Tom has served as the culture engineer and modern elder at Round World Management, where they're developing leaders in both the hospitality industry and many other markets and helping people represent their belief systems as a foundational piece of the business culture. In his most recent project, Frank created the I'm Essential project as a response to the COVID 19 pandemic and the impact it's had on all of our small businesses. In this episode Tom and Jon discuss the four ingredients to a perfect company mission; how to create, maintain, and measure culture; and the essentialness of all employees.  Learn more about the I'm Essential Project at im

Big Tech Companies are making money off of your personal data, why shouldn't you? Erik Rind is the founder and CEO of ImagineBC, where they're committed to helping individuals secure their personal data online and control when to share that information as well as their creative content and get paid for it. Think of Youtube but with the security of blockchain and more opportunities to profit from your personal data or creative content. Erik is a seasoned entrepreneur and HR technology executive with a very unique vision for how to control personal information online and help creatives get paid for their content in a new kind of marketplace. In this episode, Erik and Jon discuss how blockchain works, how they've put creators first, and how COVID will change the workforce forever. Hint: there are lots of robots.    Check out ImagineBC here: https://imaginebc.net/  This episode is sponsored by eLearning Brothers.