Saying "Goodbye for now" is bittersweet, but the time has come to put Maximize Your Strengths on a probably-permanent pause. 

I want Maximize Your Strengths to be a permanent resource for you and the people you share StrengthsFinder with. 

You can listen to each of the Individual Strength Themes episodes at daire2succeed.com/strengths OR use the search bar on the website: StrengthsPodcast.com

My team and I are launching a brand new podcast, the Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur in mid-January, 2018.

In this episode, I share all the reasons for the shift, what I've learned about myself, podcasting, and delegation in the last 18 months.

And I share all about what's coming with the new podcast, the Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur! FAE will be a one episode per week show, releasing each Monday.

I talk about my amazing team and here is their contact info:

• Gregg Clunis- Podcast Launch Strategist and Coach: podsimply.com
• Cari Twitchell- Copywriter and Executive Producer: customcontentllc.com
• Teresa Heath-Wareing- Social Media and Marketing: thwmarketing.co.uk
• Mikky Daub- Executive Assistant: mikkydaub.com
• Joel Nelson- editor- he's all mine, not in the market for more editing work ;) 
• Tom Aimi- Musician and Composer: jamspotsmp.com

There will be three different types of shows on the Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur:

Live coaching- 3 episodes per month will be devoted to this format. A Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur will come on, and we'll talk about all the reasons he or she is amazing, followed by sharing the biggest challenge he/she is having right now. We'll co-create a solution to that challenge right there on air.

Success Stories- 1 episode per month. This format will highlight a Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur who has achieved success most only dream of. We'll talk about the ups and the downs, what makes him/her so amazing, and who fills in the gaps of what they aren't.

Real Life- once every 3 months, there is a fifth Monday. On that fifth Monday, I'll share a challenge I'm having right now and what I'm doing to get through it. I may invite someone on who is going through the challenge with me (one of my team members, my daughters, my husband) or talk it out all on my own. This is my chance to lead by example. I truly believe vulnerability is the key to true authentic connections. We need more of this.

To apply to become a guest on one of the Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur Live Coaching Episodes: daire2succeed.com/FAEentrepreneur

Remember, you are uniquely poised and wired for success. As Donald Clifton said, Your weaknesses will never develop, while your strengths will develop infinitely.

If you’re like me, you depend on other professionals to help you run your business.  

Let me introduce Merrilee Horton, my very proficient and patient bookkeeper.  Merrilee owns Rescue Me Bookkeeping.  She worked as an accountant for 15 years, then in 2011 she started Rescue Me Bookkeeping.  

Merrilee is a certified Intuit ProAdvisor specializing in QuickBooks Online.  She serves a variety of micro to small businesses, and has a proven track record of getting books done accurately!  She doesn’t just go through the motions of bookkeeping, she ensures your books are accurate, complete, and ready for your CPA at tax time.

Merrilee's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes are: 

1) Harmony

2) Consistency

3) Responsibility

4) Developer

5) Connectedness

Head over to rescuemebookkeeping.com.

Entrepreneurship can be reallllly stressful. In fact, the anticipation of that stress is one of the things that keeps people from taking the leap into business. Our guest today addresses that head-on.

Moneeka Sawyer has often been described as one of the most joyful people you will ever meet.  She the creator of the Blissful Real Estate Investor Formula and is the International best-selling author of the award-winning book “Choose Bliss: The Power and Practice of Joy and Contentment,” which covers the proven strategies she has taught as an executive coach for over a decade.  

She believes that we can and should choose bliss in all areas of our lives from relationships to business to investing.  Her expertise has been featured nationwide on radio and TV including ABC, NBC, and Fox.

Moneeka's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes are: 

1. Maximizer

2. Achiever

3. Self-Assurance

4. Empathy

5. Activator

Moneeka's website is BlissfulInvestor.com and you can email her directly at [email protected]

Reach Alissa at [email protected] or through the contact page on Daire2Succeed.com

 

Our guest today is Rick Sterger. Rick, in just 5 years, has gone from being a leading tech strategist for companies like Sprint, Samsung, Motorola and Dell to a rising star in the field of immigration law.   With nearly 300% annual growth each year, The Immigration Guy, Rick's law firm, now represents over 100 clients in removal hearings and other immigration matters throughout the world.  His adopted cause, the Immigration Law Lab, provides Rick an outlet to be of service helping mothers and children fleeing severe domestic abuse and gang violence in Central America.

Rick is incredibly wise and has a great message for us on stewarding what we’re given, honoring and accepting where we currently are in our businesse and the hidden blessing of giving up our ego. Listen in and enjoy today’s episode.

Rick's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes: 

1. Connectedness 2. Strategic 3. Activator 4. Communication 5. Includer

Connect with Rick: www.theimmigrationguy.com.

If you've ever taken any sales training, you've been taught that in order to have the most effective sales, you must identify and dig into your potential client's pain, then make the sale by solving his or her pain. 

Our guest today doesn't believe that's the only way to go. Michele PW (Pariza Wacek) is the best-selling author of the "Love-Based Business" series of books that share how to sell more with love and build a solid, profitable business on a foundation of love. In addition, she owns a copywriting and marketing company along with writing and publishing fiction.

Michele's Top 5 CliftonStrengths Themes are:

1. Strategic

2. Intellection

3. Positivity

4. Activator

5. Individualization

To grab your free book "How to Start a Business You Love AND That Loves You Back," visit LoveBasedBiz.com

We've got a treat today from England! David Ralph is an extremely attractive host of the top-ranked online show Join Up Dots, wherein each episode he takes his guests on a journey of discovery following the words of the late Steve Jobs.

From birth to today and back again David Ralph, joins up the dots of his guests lives, highlighting their failures and successes (with more than a few laughs in between) as he leads them to the time travel section “The Sermon On The Mic” where they have the chance to speak to their younger selves and share the advice they have gained.

This is a hugely powerful and inspirational show that has gained a massive audience in over 160 countries, and with its fun and quirky style is one that is fresh, unique and inspiring.

David is an ex-corporate trainer, with a wife, five kids, a grandson, a cat, and a snail. (Yep, a snail).

David's Top 5 CliftonStrengths Themes are:

1. Futuristic

2. Maximizer

3. Belief

4. Positivity

5. Activator

To connect with David: www.joinupdots.com

To connect with Alissa: www.daire2succeed.com

How do you test your limits? How do you know how far you can push yourself, both mentally and physically? 

Lance Carter, author, triathlon & running coach, entrepreneur, 9-time Ironman finisher, cancer survivor, motivational speaker, and inspiring human being is our guest today.  

Lance believes every person is capable of more and it’s his purpose in life to empower and inspire others to live a more fulfilling life.  He uses running and triathlon events to help people prove to themselves they are indeed capable of more.

In 1993 Lance signed up for an Ironman triathlon as a way to pull himself out of depression and crossing that finish line was just the beginning of a lifetime of extraordinary accomplishments.

Lance's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes are: 

1) Developer

2) Empathy

3) Futuristic

4) Responsibility

5) Relator

Lance has an awesome gift for you! CLICK HERE or go to lancecartercoaching.com/p/MYS to grab it! 

In today's episode, we get to Kathryn Kemp Guylay has inspired tens of thousands of individuals to be happier, healthier and have more fun.  As the founder of Make Everything Fun, she is a coach, teacher, speaker, and prolific author. Through her courses on Make Publishing Fun, Make Nutrition Fun, and Make Wellness fun, she helps others spread their own messages to make the world a better place. Kathryn has received over a dozen awards for her writing and coaching work. She has been seen on ABC, CBS, FOX, NPR and other media outlets and hosts two podcasts.

Kathryn's Top 5 Strength Themes are: 

1. Learner

2. Achiever

3. Futuristic

4. Focus

5. Maximizer

Find Kathryn's free gift to you at www.makeeverythingfun.com/mys

And on her website: www.makeeverythingfun.com

Referenced resources:

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This summer, I’ve traveled to more conferences and events than I really ever have. Traveling to events is something I’ve encouraged you to do before on the podcast and I wanted to do an episode on the pros and cons AND how you might approach these traveling, conferences, events with different strength themes leading.

In today's episode, I'll share my Top 3 reasons you should make it a priority to go to at least two conferences a year and I'll share my Top 4 ways to optimize the value of those conferences. 

I also give a small preview of my upcoming course, The Frickin' Awesome Entrepreneur, which starts on October 25th! Stay tuned! 

Make sure to 'Like' my Facebook page, Daire Success Coaching, to join me live each week on Fridays at noon CST. Coming to you at a special day, Thursday, October 5th. Don't miss it!

Today's guest is someone I've gotten to know over the past six months in Quatum Leap Mastermind and I love being in her space whether it's in person or on the phone.

Julie is the founder and CEO of Empowered Living, a Life Design and personal development company. As a speaker, coach and faculty member at Georgetown University’s coaching program, Julie is enamored with helping you to master your inner world so you can master your outer world.

In her book, Get a PhD in YOU: A Course in Miraculous Self-Discovery, Julie authentically shares the extensive personal-growth wisdom that came from her own struggles with body image, relationships, and feeling "not enough.”

  Julie's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes are:   1) Positivity   2) Input   3) Achiever   4) Futuristic   5) Strategic   Don't forget to hang out until the end to find out how to get a free copy of Julie's book!   You can find her at JulieReisler.com

Has there ever been a part of your business that you’re just like, “ummm… this is NOT me. Sometimes there ARE those things. If you can resonate, today’s episode may just soothe your soul :)

Our guest, Gavin Zuchlinski, is the founder of Acuity Scheduling, the slickest way for businesses to automate and manage their appointments online, allowing clients to schedule themselves. Gavin is a self-professed tech geek and espresso maniac (a word he does not use lightly) who wholeheartedly believes that business should be fun. Now, Gavin spent MANY years as the only guy in his business. And he liked it! He loved doing all the things. NOW, his business, Acuity Scheduling, supports over 50,000 businesses of all sizes, from people working for themselves to major corporations with thousands of employees. I, myself am an Acuity client, so if you’ve ever booked any kind of appointment with me, you got to see the magic of Acuity Scheduling. Of course, with the client base growing in leaps and bounds, Gavin can no longer do it all himself, Acuity’s Customer Support is unmatched in this industry as they focus on easy & pain-free scheduling with one on one support as they help their client’s businesses grow and thrive.

One of the things I respect SO much about Gavin in today’s episode is that he not only confidently accepts that he’s awesome, as I encourage all of you to do, just also simply calls out one area of NON-strength and shares with us how he’s filled that gap. Remember, our BUSINESSES need to be well-rounded, we don’t. 

Here are Gavin's Top 5 StrengthsFinder Themes: 

1. Intellection

2. Achiever

3. Ideation

4. Learner

5. Command

Find Gavin and his awesome 45 day trial for Acuity at acuityscheduling.com/MYS.