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This week we take a look back at the Instigator series and discuss in detail what you can expect from attending The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com). Here are some highlights from the episode: * A Look Back at the Interviews in the Instigator Series (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * The Design of the Instigator Experience * Why You'll Walk Away Having Started Your Project * The Way We've Chosen the Speakers for Your Experience * A Shift to an Attendee-Focused Event  * Why We've Designed the First Day to Help You Work on Yourself * How We Plan to Alter Your Reality and Change Your Setpoint * The Personal Foundations Necessary to Bring a Bold Idea to Life * The Practical Applications and Tools for Bringing Your Idea to Life * How We're Defining a Bold Idea for Your Application  If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/NPQqb) to post it to Twitter. 

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our final instigator is our very own BlogcastFM Backstage co-host Greg Hartle. If you haven't heard this story, you really find it's worth a listen.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_9_GREG_HARTLE-284x300.png) Here are some of the highlights from our chat: * How Greg Hartle Rebuilt Himself from Scratch  * The Mindsets Necessary to Navigate Uncertainty * The Keys to Avoiding Worst Case Scenarios * Using Imagination to Serve You Rather than Sabotage You * Making Decisions that Generate Great Results * Finding the Intersection Between Your Skills and Market Needs * How Greg Used Twitter to Make Over $800 in His First Month * What Greg Has Learned from Working with 248 Entrepreneurs Free * Why Best Practices Suffocate Your Personality * How Greg Has Leveraged Local Events to Build a Brand in Every New Town *  What Greg Has Done to Land Speaking Engagements * The 4 Things that Make Up the Architecture of a Business * The Evolution of Greg’s Knowledge Into New Methods * Why Consumption of Content Can Be Detrimental When You Do It Wrong Greg Hartle is an educator, author, and digital nomad. He is founder, co-founder, investor, and/or strategic adviser with over a dozen businesses. He takes extreme risks; n occasion, it has cost him dearly. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle (https://twitter.com/greghartle).

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our eighth Instigator is the PR/mainstream media rockstar Melissa Cassera.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_MELISSA_CASSERA-284x300.png) Here are some highlights from our chat: * The Key Criteria that Make Your Blog Ready for Mainstream Media * Why You Need to Think of Your Business as an A-List Business * How to Find the Ideal Client/Reader for Your Business/Blog * A Powerful Exercise to Prepare You for Media Coverage * The Importance of Having a Killer Brand  * Why You Need a Way of Capturing the Information from New Visitors * A Tactical Guide to Creating a Full-Blown 12-Month Media Campaign  * Why You Need to Create a List of Media Competitors * How to Build Relationships with Journalist and Media Personnel * Finding Hooks to Get Your Story into the Mainstream Media Melissa Cassera is a publicity rockstar, actress, and TV spokesperson who turns business owners into celebrities. She’s a premium cable addict and obsessed with anything pumpkin. You can follow her on twitter @casseracomm (https://twitter.com/#!/casseracomm). Download a copy of Melissa’s VIP Customer Worksheet (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/VIPCustomer.pdf).   

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our seventh instigator is  the business whipstress Erika Lyremark. Here are some highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_7_ERIKA_LYREMARK-284x300.png) * How Erika’s Experience as a Stripper Provided Valuable Entrepreneurial Lessons * The Importance of Knowing What’s Going to Be Sustainable for Your Business * Key Questions for Shaping the Structure of Your Business * How to Make a Career Transition When You’re in a Full-Time Job * Why Career Progression Isn’t Linear * Discovering the Intersection Between Your Skills and What People Will Buy * Why You Have to Be a Straight-A Student in Your Business * Tapping into the Things You Enjoyed in Your Childhood to Shape Your Entrepreneurial Desires * The Key Ideas that Shaped Erika’s Personal Brand * Why the Things You’re Afraid to Share Could Be Integral Parts of Your Brand * How Little Actions Add Up Over Time * Why Erika Is Able to Get People to Repeat Her Programs More than Once * The Importance of Having Fun with Your Marketing * A Sneak Peek into Erika’s Book, Think Like a Stripper * Key Insights into What Makes Rockstars Thrive Some Tweetable Insights and Quotes Include: * Be willing to be uncomfortable because that’s where you’re going to get your best ideas (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/J5dS_)) * No matter how well you set yourself up for success, it is a bumpy ride (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8G8af)) * Listen to those things that intuitively keep bubbling up (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/eTYfy)) * You want to be able to bring in all your passions to your brand (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/y7VcF)) * If you just do a little bit of something everyday, you will make traction faster (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ROJ9e)) * If you’re not excited about it, you’re not going to attract money(Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/L3g3z)) * If you don’t know how to do something, hire somebody to help you with it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fhcR1)) Erika Lyremark (http://dailywhip.com/) was a stripper for almost a decade and is now the business whipstress at Daily Whip and author of Think Like A Stripper: How To Hustle Your Business Like You Mean It! You can follow her on twitter @dailywhip (https://twitter.com/dailywhip).  

This week, we continue unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our sixth instigator is our remarkable misfit friend, AJ Leon. (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_6_AJ_LEON-284x300.png) Here are just a few of the highlights from our latest chat: * What Gave AJ the Courage to Turn Down a Significant Salary Raise  * Dealing with the Reactions of Other People When You Chase Your Dreams * The Power of a Business that Is Not Inherently Scalable * The Difference Between Quantifiable and Qualitative Measurements * Tactics for Creating a Cult Following * The Downside of Following Templates and Formulas * How to Cultivate a Profitable Expression of Your Message * The Multiple Layers within a Product and Messages * Why AJ Started a Print Magazine in a World that’s Increasingly Digital * The Importance of Pairing with the Right Sponsors * How AJ Has leveraged the Tribe to Fund His Projects * Why AJ Made His Price Something that Anybody Could Afford * How AJ Uses a Small Group of People to Determine Whether Projects Should Be Launched * What Resulted in a Kickstarter Campaign Getting Funded in a Few Hours * The Advantage of Letting Your Tribe Know About Your Activities * A Look into the Misfit Conference and How it Developed Tweetable Insights Include: * Even a moment spent at the behest of somebody else’s opinion of you is not worth it  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/eqAe2)) * It’s more about the ideas, not the transaction that may happen (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/R63fV)) * If you make more money, but you’re average, who gives a shit? (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2c25h)) * I don’t have a proclivity towards infinite scalability. I don’t care about being famous (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8nL75)) * I like being in the corner coffee shop of the web (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/BLU47)) * In your one and only life, when it’s over, what will you have represented? (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/wGSF5)) AJ Leon (http://aj-leon.com/) is a nomad around the world and makes things happen. He writes about the Pursuit of Everything and is currently traveling around the entire world in 1,080 days. You can follow him on twitter @ajleon (https://twitter.com/ajleon).  

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our fifth Instigator is the hilarious and honest author of Choose Yourself, James Altucher. Here are some of the highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_5_JAMES_ALTUCHER-284x300.png) * A Look at Multiple Careers James Has Had  * Why You Must Continually Reinvent Yourself * The Importance of Positive Role Models * The Power of Making Other People Successful * How James Pulls Himself Up from Hitting Rock Bottom * What Resulted in the Success of StockPickr * A Simple Gratitude Exercise to Change the Way You Feel * The Brain Science Behind Your Days in Front of the Computer * Why Your Physical and Mental Health Matter So Much * How James Evaluates Businesses and Ideas  * The Seeds for the Choose Yourself Book * Why Fortune 500 Companies are Systematically Firing Employees * How to Professionally Self-Publish and Choose Yourself * A Story About How James Singlehandedly Saved the US Stock Market * Three Things to Look for in Every Situation When You Write * James Expands on What "Career Suicide" Actually Means * A Small Army Strategy Approach to Book Marketing Tweetable Insights Include: * If it doesn’t bleed, it doesn’t lead (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fEaQ5)) * We want be entertained, we wanted to be educated, and we want the truth(Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/cz5e7)) * Everyday is about reinvention. You’re never finished (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/pS0Q_)) * Everyday you should exercise your brain until it sweats (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/vqHyp)) * A scarcity complex will never lead to any success in life (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/tbcUZ)) * I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/H35c1)) James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, author and blogger. He has founded or cofounded several companies and has also published several books on investing. His writing has been frequently published by media outlets, including The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, Techcrunch and The Huffington Post. You can follow him on twitter @jaltucher. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our fourth instigator is Meg Worden. In this interview, she share her incredible story of hope, shifting paradigms, and radical transformation. Here are some highlights: (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_4_MEG_WORDEN-284x300.png) * How Certain Paths Lead to Delusional Enlightenment  * A Look at What It Takes to Radically Transform Your Life * What It Takes to Deal with Extreme Uncertainty * Learning to Embody the Things that Make You Special * Developing Practices of Learning to Live inside Your Body * Cultivating Actions to Increase Your Mental Strength * How Meg Turned a Horrible Experience into a Gift * Why Gratitude for Our Problems Can Change Our Lives * The Stories We Tell Ourselves in Every Moment  * The Prisons We Create with Belief Systems * Revealing the Parts of Our Personal Brand that Scare Us * Why You Need to Make Sure Your Story Is in Service of Other People * A Look at the Memoir Writing Process * The Role that Creative Cross-Training Plays in Your Voice * Advantages of Not Being Classically Trained in Your Field or Craft Tweetable Insights Include:  * Our bodies are these fantastic tools that carry our spirits around (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/gJ4x4)) * When you take care of yourself, you can take of the world around you (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fP1Wa)) * I believe in the practice of being grateful for your problems (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/OzcSl)) * Putting your story out there is a deeper way to connect with people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/QqdYr)) * Nothing really amazing happens without the help of other people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/5df0a)) Meg Worden (http://megworden.com/) is a writer and Health Coach in Portland, Oregon. She has been published in a variety of places online and in print, and is currently shopping her memoir project about the two years she spent in federal prison. You can follow her on twitter @megworden (https://twitter.com/megworden). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/76a9S) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our third instigator is the creative and soulful badass, Justine Musk. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_3_JUSTINE_MUSK-284x300.png) * A Look at Justine's Early Work as a Fiction Writer  * Storytelling Lessons from Fiction that Apply to Your Content * The Importance of Coming at Your Writing from an Emotional and Vulnerable Place * How to Take a Story from Your Life and Leverage It to Connect with Your Readers * The Idea of "Going There" and Exploring the Things You're Afraid to Say * Dealing with Your Fear of Pushing Publish on Polarizing Content * Taking Little Steps to Be More Vulnerable * How to Shape a Scene within the Context of Your Writing * The 3 Dimensions to Incorporate into Your Writing * The Role of Yoga, Meditation, and Getting Centered to Do Your Writing * How Charisma Enables Extraordinary Achievements * Looking into Your Own Life to Find your Natural Authority Resources Mentioned Include: * Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit (http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/the-life-and-times-of-a-remarkable-misfits/) * The World Domination Manifesto (http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/a-brief-guide-to-world-domination/) Tweetable Insights Include: * When you're expressing a strong bold point of view, you're going to piss some people off (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fma3b)) * If you're fascinating, you're going to be a bit polarizing (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/LobR5)) * Language is my playground. I'd rather be writing than talking. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/cCQB1)) * When you lose self consciousness and relax into the act of writing that's when your voice emerges (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fT7U0)) * I don't think people realize a lot of creative work happens away from the computer. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/YxboE)) * I think we all crave to feel that we're part of something bigger than ourselves (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/411cD)) Justine Musk (http://justinemusk.com/) is busy building out the life creative. She enjoys books, writing, entrepreneurs, subverting the patriarchy, and cake. You can follow her on twitter @justinemusk (https://twitter.com/justinemusk). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Pep_c) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)

This week, we're unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com). Our second instigator, Jennifer Boykin, is a snarky midlife reinvention specialist. Here are the highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_2_JENNIFER_BOYKIN1-284x300.png) * How Jennifer's Writing Got Published in The Washington Post  * An Amazing Story About Recovering from the Loss of a Child * Why Everything You Work On Is Iterative * Figuring Out Your Personal Seeds of Greatness * The Importance of Making Decisions that Feed Your Soul * Why You Shouldn't Compare Your Insides to Somebody Else's Outsides * The Importance of Trusting Your Intuition * Why You Need a Permission Slip for Making Mistakes * How Writing Content that Makes You Uncomfortable Elevates Your Game * Actions Jennifer Took to Create Her Own Blogging School * How to Build Iteration into Your Business and Co-Brand * Identifying What You Want Your Legacy to Be * Why You Need to Surround Yourself with the Best People * The Key to Standing Out as a Speaker Some Tweetable Quotes and Insights Include: * Stay in touch with your really awesome sense of intuition and grow that (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2pz1B)) * There's  a real danger in comparing your inside to other people's outsides  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ALE1R)) * You have to be willing to look butt ugly in a public way  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/b4G2p)) * Society is a fickle mistress (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/a36Tf)) * Your life gets better when you get up and do something (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2p1do)) * We plan for the future and don't live in fear of it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/3fak2)) Jennifer Boykin has more than 25 years in branding, sales, and marketing leadership. She spent her life doing what was expected of her, and now she's not. You can follow her on twitter @Jennifer_Boykin (https://twitter.com/jennifer_boykin). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/vwCqr) to post it to Twitter.  

This week, we're unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our first instigator, Kamal Ravikant, is an advisor/investor to startups and the author of Love Yourself Like Like Your Life Depends On It.  * Kamal's Journey of Experiences that Led to Entrepreneurship (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_1_KAMAL_RAVIKANT1-284x300.png) * Why All Your Experiences Impact the Ones that Come After * A Look at the Early 90s and the First Internet  * Some Key Insights into Developing the Ability to Lead Your Audience * The Power of Giving a Tremendous Amount of Value to the People You Connect With *  Why Entrepreneurship is Easier Today than It Was 10 Years Ago * How to Take Your Skills and Transition into a Role as an Advisor/Investor * The Power of Doing Work for Free in a Strategic Way * Why You Have to Share Your Work with the World and Get Feedback * How Kamal Used a Low Point in His Life to Do Some of His Greatest Work * Using the Pomodoro Technique to Write Larger Bodies of Work Tweetable Insights Include: * A true leader offers value to whoever they're with  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/u_x4a)) * This really is the best time in history to be an entrepreneur (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/TYUdA)) * It's the best thing there is to create something that exists because you created it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2Uqah)) * Honesty comes from the heart. It comes from expressing your truth (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/TxU4r)) * If there's any recipe to success, it's just taking action and iterating (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2f5zU)) * I think the only failure is if you don't give it your effort (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/7eIao)) * If you attach your sense of self to an outcome, that's when you crash (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fel6e)) * When you Stop Focusing on the Outcome, You Make Better Decisions (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/bz6c3)) * Core memories that make us who we are require leaps of faith (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/UZLt3)) * The worst case scenario is you'll be better off for having done it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/kBJ_D)) * If you create something that connects with them, people will share it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8KaOj)) Kamal Ravikant has been fortunate enough to have some amazing experiences in his life so far. He's trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama's monastery, earned his US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, lived in Paris, been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women's writers' group, written a novel, held the hands of dying patients, and worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley. You can follow him on twitter @kamalravikant (https://twitter.com/kamalravikant). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/vu0op) to post it to Twitter.

In this week's BlogcastFM Backstage episode, we talk about the power of speed in your business. We also revisit the interview with the creators of ASAPScience. * A Quick Overview of The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/) (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * Why Things Don't Need to Take that Long * How We Recorded an Entire Course in a Day * The Importance of Celebrating Your Success * Why All Rules are Completely Man-Made * The Power of Continually Doing the Work * Why Entertainment is Necessary to Get Things Done * What It Actually Means to Be Creative * How You Can Learn from Feedback * Finding the Balance Between Your Instincts and Feedback If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/SEFc7) to post it to Twitter. 

Simon Sinek is the instigator of an idea that has fundamentally changed the way we do business, live life, and create art.  The notion that people don't buy what you do, they buy why you do, is at the core of the success of some of the most successful organizations in the world.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blogcastfm_cover_simon_sinek-284x300.png) Here are some of the highlights from our conversation: * The Discovery of this Thing Called "Why"  * How Evolution Influences Our World Today * The Problem with Environments that Don't Foster Trust * Why a Commitment to Service Matters So Much * Why Reaction Isn't Always the Best Response to Crisis * Lessons Learned from the Demise of Myspace * Why Generosity in Speaking Makes a World of Difference * Making the Shift to a Generosity Mindset * A  Touching Story about a Solider in a Coffin  * How Fear Keeps Us from Taking the Right Actions * Why Relationships Solve All Problems in Our Lives * A Deep Dive into Finding Your Why * The Trial and Error That's Necessary for Why * Developing a Criteria for the Clients You Choose * Not Making Profitable Decisions that Take You Off Course * Serving the Tribe Before You Serve Yourself  Simon Sinek (http://www.startwithwhy.com/) is an optimist. He believes in a bright future and our ability to build it together. You can follow him on twitter @simonsinek (https://twitter.com/simonsinek). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Y18WU) to post it to Twitter.

Nisha Moodley has reinvented herself multiple times. She's overcome adversity and dealt with some incredibly challenging circumstances.  In this interview, you'll hear all about her journey from beta to sustainability.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blogcastfm_cover_nisha_moodley-284x300.png) Here are some highlights from our chat: * A Look at How Nisha Made a Drastic Change in Her Career  * How Work Can Become an Escape From Your Life * Using the Experience of Loss to Create Positive Change in Your Life * Why It's Important to Acknowledge Pain When It Occurs * Using Best and Worst Case Scenarios to Take Leaps of Faith * How Hustle and Enthusiasm Play a Role in Your Success * How Absolutely Epic Customer Service Can Transform Your Business * Creating an Incredible Experience for Your Customers * Lessons in Testing from the World of Technology Startups * How Clarity Comes from Trying and Failing at Things * Knowing How to Take Your Business from Beta to Sustainability * Developing a Framework for Taking Risks in Your Business * The Importance of Creating a Board of Advisors for Your Life/Business  Tweetable Insights Include: * A frame that I use in my life is that if it's here, it's meant to be here (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/c4b9o)) * We are going to die and we don't get to say when (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/066M1)) Nisha Moodley (http://fiercefabulousfree.com/) is a former foodaholic and workaholic, a poet, a romantic, and an adventurer. She keeps busy cultivating sisterhood among entrepreneurs to expand the world's freedom. You can follow her on twitter @AskNisha (https://twitter.com/asknisha). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/8YLb0) to post it to Twitter.

In this episode of the show, we revisit our interview with Cal Newport and discuss the importance of building your craft. Here are some highlights from this episode: * How Greg Revitalizes Health in Rapid Fashion (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * Dealing with Your Emotions When Life Is Tough * Why False Stories Hold Your Potential Back * Using Small Steps to Build New Habits * How to Replace Goals with Systems  * Why Your Current Results are Based on Past Actions * The Importance of Mastering Your Craft * Why You Have to Use the Internet As a Creation Tool * The Activities Where You Should Spend Most of Your time * Why Greg Thinks Time Management is Nonsense * The Importance of Developing Good Taste  * The Epidemic of Following Your Passion If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/azwMD) to post it to Twitter. 

Stephanie Keenan abandoned her life as a defense contractor to pursue a career in fitness. In less than a year, she built a thriving online business. Here are some highlights from our chat: * The Role that Discipline and Commitment Play in Your Success (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/blogcastfm_stephanie_keenan-284x300.png) * Starting the Escape from a Very Unfulfilled Life * Turning Your Car into a School on Wheels * Why You Should Create a Vision of Your Ideal Day * How to Create a Business that Runs Itself  * The Keys to Conducting an Audit of Your Business/Systems * The Power of Using Checklists for Your Day-to-Day  * A Second Look at Tackling a Very Crowded Niche * Community-Building Tactics that You Can Apply Right Away * The Power of Using Private Facebook Groups to Build Community * Why You Should Be Able to Write 50 Blog Posts About a Subject * A Look at Creating a Membership Site from Your Existing Content * Why You Need to Fail Forward Every Single Day Stephanie Keenan is grew up on a farm, was a US Navy nuclear engineer, then a cubicle-dwelling knowledge worker, and has had a successful stint as an online fitness biz entrepreneur. You can follow her on twitter @StephKeenanFit (https://twitter.com/StephKeenanFit). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/2YJP4) to post it to Twitter.