The Thought Leader Revolution Podcast | 10x Your Impact, Your Income & Your Influence

“We have to be compassionate as conservatives. We have to show that we care what people are going through.”   In business, your message needs to be aimed at people who have an acute problem that needs to be solved. This same principle applies to politics and there are powerful examples of this from the last several decades. The Honourable Tony Clement came into politics in his mid-teens, when free choice and free markets were being threatened by the spread of communism, before the fall of the Soviet Union. As a member of the conservative party and minister of health and industry, Tony has always worked to protect individual freedom from big government. Tony believes that big government is now on the rise again.   Expert action steps: Never give up. It’s about how you step up and face adversity. Hope is not a strategy. When you have goals in mind, you have to know how you’re going to get things done. Have grace in your life. Be understanding. Be compassionate. Power is good but love and compassion are even mo

“I’m in business, first and foremost because of people. Because people need me… I fight for the families. I fight for the people who are hurting, that are struggling, that need help, that need somebody to give a good gosh darn and believe in the majesty of their dreams.”  Human connection is priceless. Your health and the success of your business depend on your ability to connect with others and especially, the quality of those connections. In this episode: How to uplift yourself and others through in-person connection. How to avoid becoming socially isolated. How to increase sales by actively caring about people.   eCircle is holding a live, in-person event!! Dare 2 Win - Own Your Freedom. May 13 & 14 at the Toronto Pan Pacific Hotel. Find more information and register at https://ecircleacademy.mykajabi.com/dare-2-win-home. Speakers include: Marc Von Musser - Sales Mastery Nicky Billou - Branding & Leadership Theresa Dugwell - Health & Fitness Brian Scudamore - Founder 1-800 Got Junk - Buildin

“You can’t do it alone but you gotta do it by yourself.” At the end of the day, you’re the one who takes each gruelling step toward your goals. But you’ll get there faster the more you learn from mentors, coaches, your competition and other relevant influences in your personal and business life. Don Bradley is an author who’s partly inspired by his 10 years of service with the US Army, where he flew Apache helicopters and was deployed to Afghanistan as an air troop commander. Later he became a special agent in an FBI swat team. Along the way, he was always writing, pushing himself past his limits and doubts and facing rejection when it came. Through the process, he met some invaluable people who encouraged him to keep going and showed him the way. All he had to do was keep going. Don has written two books as part of the Tom Clancy, ‘Jack Ryan Junior Novel series, Target Acquired and Zero Hour and has started his own thriller series, Matt Drake, including, Without Sanction, Outside Man and Hostile Intent, to b

“They know they’ll win if they’re surrounded by people who truly care about them and their success.” In business, when you put people first, success comes naturally. Whether it’s your staff or your customers, going out of your way to show them that you care is the greatest investment you can make. In this episode: Examples of people who model heart leadership. The power of connection is about people and success.   You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky’s other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion You can work in person with Nicky and a group of like-minded people in one of the quarterly, three-day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto.  Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next

Victor Menasce helps people find wealth through real estate. After a round of great success in the tech industry as a microprocessor designer, Victor suddenly decided real estate was his next career path and is currently developing apartments, senior housing, self-storage and condos with 600 units of vertical construction and 200 acres of land. Victor believes that marketing is a powerful tool for generating interest and educational marketing is most effective in today’s environment. He uses his daily podcast and books as educational content to generate interest, appealing to the clients that best suit the solutions he has to offer.   Expert action steps: As entrepreneurs, focus on finding solutions for problems that actually need to be solved. Mindset is important, especially during difficult times. Surround yourself with people who are game-changers. Immerse yourself in that environment and you’ll also be able to perform at that level.   Click these links to learn more about Victor: http://www.victorjm.co

“All business is personal.” - Napolean Billou "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou Sales expert, consultant and trainer, Marc Von Musser, says that business is not a numbers game, it’s a people game. All businesses exist to solve problems for people and that involves genuine human connection and acting with the same basic human principles and dignity that should guide us through everything that we do. This is a message often mentioned in this podcast and one that countless other successful business people will tell you. You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky’s other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion You can work in person with Nicky and a grou

“We can actually build the entire financial system in a decentralized manner.” Many aspects of society have reached the extreme and are bound to turn around. We’re seeing this in the financial systems of the world. Superpowers and giants like the banks, Google and Amazon to name a few, have risen to the extremes of wealth and power and have been suppressing the freedoms of the individual more and more. Now, at the turning point, a new decentralized system is quickly forming and leaders are stepping up to guide us on the journey. Ollie El-Gorr is one of these people. The mission of his company, Freedom Publications, is to empower individual investors to make better investment decisions without having to give a fraction of the returns to a middle-man or huge fees to a large company. Freedom Publications has published 10 educational books aimed at individual investors. There’s also a training program called the Contrarian Crypto Club, helping all ages to navigate crypto investment. Published books include titles

“First you need to give before you earn the right to receive.” - Dr. Ivan Misner, BNI International In this age of digital distraction, we can still create meaningful connections. As social beings, we crave connection and especially as an entrepreneur, your business depends on connecting with people. You’re destined to help people solve problems that they couldn’t otherwise solve themselves. The ability to connect, serve and operate a flourishing business depends on the willingness to give. The more you give the more you get. Listen to the episode to hear how the likes of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk have proven the power of this principle. In this episode: The importance of knowing how relationships work. How to build a proactive support network. How to build effective, long-term business networking. How caring, compassion and concern will help you assure your clients that you’re able to help them solve their problems. What is the purpose of your business? Who’s lives do you intend to improve? You can find The

"Entrepreneurship is that great privilege of, let’s make the world a better place.” After 30 years of entrepreneurship, three successful brands and half a billion in revenue, Brian Scudamore has stories to tell and knowledge to share. With a gentle push and support from his marketing wizard and co-author, Roy H. Williams, Brian has now published two books that are inspiring tens of thousands of entrepreneurs toward their visions and dreams. Over the years, Brian has developed the mindset, "if you can imagine something then you make it happen". So he’s created the Can You Imagine movement, to help people have the courage to bring their visions to life. Check out the link below to see a clip of Brian delivering this message on the Ellen Degeneres Show. Brian is the founder of 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Wow 1 Day Painting and Shack Shine. He’s the author of WTF?! (Willing To Fail) and the recently released BYOB: Build Your Own Business, Be Your Own Boss. Expert action steps: Vision. Start with a great idea. Not necessaril

"Connection is integral to having people win at the game of life, and not making them can be very detrimental to everybody, especially our young people." There’s no disputing how useful online platforms like Zoom are in terms of connecting people. But like any other tool, there’s a right way and wrong way to use them so in this episode we’ll learn how to get the most out of these platforms without allowing them to interfere with our basic human nature. The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network eCircle is holding a live, in-person event!! Dare 2 Win - Own Your Freedom. May 13 & 14 at the Toronto Pan Pacific Hotel. Find more information and register at https://ecircleacademy.mykajabi.com/dare-2-win-home. Speakers include: Marc Von Musser - Sales Mastery Nicky Billou - Branding & Leadership Theresa Dugwell - Health & Fitness Brian Scudamore - Founder 1-800 Got Junk - Building Billion Dollar Brands Jean Taillon - How To Scale To A $100 Million Company D

Often what develops a person’s expertise is their own life experience. And with the right mindset, that experience becomes thought leadership. Riaz Aziz survived stage three lymphoma and in the process, he learned a lot about the many challenges people face during and after cancer treatment. Gradually, his experiences and mindset positioned him to take the lead in helping other patients and their families navigate the cancer treatment process. Opportunities to help people started coming his way. His experience and his ability to relate to people on a personal level naturally made him a specialist in cancer rehabilitation. His business message is one that many people recognize and need. One of the programs that Riaz is developing is called Road To Survivorship, supporting people in their cancer recovery without the fear of cancer coming back.   Expert action steps: Respond, don’t react. When you’re making decisions, make them based on information, not on emotion. Specifically, fear. Risk-benefit ratio. Calcul

“It’s not their fault but it’s totally their responsibility….Technology is like money: a terrible master but a wonderful servant.   Tech is a fascinating and powerful tool for many aspects of life. But navigating modern technological and scientific developments takes principles that help us restrain ourselves from getting carried away. We have to maintain our role as the masters of our own lives rather than giving that power away to AI or the big tech companies that work hard to keep us fixated on their services. That way, our tech will only be another tool to help us clear a path toward the success of our children, families and ourselves.   In this episode: How to determine if you’re the master or servant of your tech. Tips to protect your children’s sovereignty over their own lives. How to fast-track your success.   You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky’s other books at the links below. The Power Of Connecting: How To Act

“God owns my business, I work for Him.” Money is something mentioned throughout the bible. The pursuit of money gives us an opportunity to practice god-given principles that guide us toward living a balanced and virtuous life. Many successful entrepreneurs have proven that maintaining integrity and caring for others are just as important as financial literacy. Lorne Jackson has over 30 years in the financial planning business. In the 1980s, he bought a financial planning company with 65 advisors and 10 years later he had recruited over 1400 more. Lorne enjoys financial planning for the people, not the numbers. He has since dedicated his life to bringing faith to people, especially in the business world. In 2002 he started the Canadian National Christian Foundation, creating and simplifying opportunities for people and organizations to donate money in meaningful ways. In the realm of estate planning, Lorne has also created Advisors With Purpose, operating as a charity and bringing free estate planning to peopl

“Is it possible for us to use technology to create an authentic, real and fulfilling online connection for humanity?” Yes. But only if we embrace the truth that it’s people that make the technology and use it to uplift humanity, and not technology that is intrinsically valuable in and of itself.”   Tech has become a powerful tool to connect with others. That should only be a good thing as long as human connection is the priority. But as our relationship with tech grows, we’re filtering more and more of the human experience through the digital world.   Also in this episode: Charles Ashworth’s article Are We Losing The Human Connection. The Dr. Seuss book, Oh, The Places You’ll Go!   You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky’s other books at the links below.   The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think

Ryan Lewis was born in to a family of business people and he caught on at an early age. His real success started in his teens helping his uncle run a sports memorabilia business, holding autograph signing events with sports legend names like Bobby Hull, Guy Lafleur, Pat Borders, Johnny Bower, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe etc… The business has been growing ever since and has been known as Autograph Authentic since 2001. They are the makers of Career Jerseys; jerseys that have player stats printed on the back, and the popular Charity Easel Silent Auction Program seen in many department and grocery stores. McDonald’s restaurants and Best Buy are examples of businesses who deal with Autograph Authentic. Expert action steps: “Later” and “tomorrow”... get rid of these concepts. Act now and push. In business, look at money as points in a video game to avoid the psychological fear factor that can complicate your approach to business. Be nice, honest and treat all clients and customers as equals.   Go to Autographau

“Technology should be enhancing our connection others, not replacing it." Personal resilience and the resilience of a community comes from the power of connection. Everything improves from the individual’s physical and mental wellbeing to the community’s ability to grow and respond to changes. Human connection has always been ingrained with survival so naturally the same principle applies to the growth and resilience of your business. Today we hear chapter three from the book Nicky co-authored with Kai Bjorn called The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks.   In this episode: Being connected is critical for you to be able to increase your profits. Trusting, cooperative relationships make businesses grow and thrive. Ideas that can help generate tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars for your business.   You can find The Power Of Connection: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Networks and some of Nicky’s other books at the l

“You never know how far you can go, until you risk going too far.” - T.S. Elliot   Comfort has its place in our lives but it’s best if you take it as it comes, rather than get carried away in the pursuit of it. Stepping out of your comfort zone and committing to hard work is what brings results and comfort is the least of the rewards. You need courage and willpower and when you’re truly stepping out of your comfort zone you need a coach to help you break through your fears, doubts and other psychological barriers.   Raymond Aaron has taken on many challenges in his life and proven these secrets to himself several times over. But perhaps the biggest challenge he’s ever faced was the death defying foot race from Resolute Bay, Nunavut to the North Pole. From the two years of training before the race (with physical trainer Nicky Billou!), to facing the extremes of the arctic for one month, Raymond discovered that he sets his own limits and that great power comes when you believe in the version of yourself beyond

This story is about what it means to be an entrepreneur; a heart leader who cares about people a goes out of their way to find solutions for others.   In this episode: Take connecting with people seriously. Find out what help they need and how they can help others. How to empower yourself and feel in control through positive input. Stop focussing on the hyped up fears out there. Reach out to help others feel safe and find solutions for them. Your clients need your help. All businesses exist to solve problems.   You can find Nicky’s books at the links below: The Thought Leaders Journey - A Fable Of Life Finish Line Thinking: How To Think And Win Like A Champion The Power Of Connecting: How To Activate Profitable Relationships By Serving Your Network     Also in this episode : Ivan Misner’s philosophy of Givers Gain.   You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto.  Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book

With the right strategy, any business, even businesses that are already successful and running themselves can be pushed to grow. It takes a lot of hard work and a fresh perspective on the value of the product and where and how it can reach more people. During his time as president and CEO of G4S Canada, today’s guest changed the thinking of the company resulting in a 63% growth rate over 6 years. Jean Taillon already knew in his teens that he wanted to run a company and he found success in the tech industry working for Nortel in his early twenties. By his late twenties he was developing products to compete with telecommunications giant, Bell, and was later hired by Bell to find solutions for their under served market. Jean is currently the Chief Commercial Officer and Senior Vice President of Trispec Communications Inc. Expert action steps: You’ve got to be able to step back and see the bigger picture of your business. Learn how to get your brand out there, how to get recognized and how to get people to know

“What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called the realm of adventure, you are called to new horizons. Each time there is the same problem; ‘Do I dare’. And then if you dare the dangers are there and the help also, and the fulfilment or the fiasco. There’s always the possibility of fiasco, but there’s also the possibility of bliss.” - Joseph Campbell   There are four key stages to the journey of becoming a six to seven figure a year the thought leader. Find out what stage you’re at and what you need to do to level-up.   In this episode: Discover your true expertise and how to charge for it. Avoid the imposter syndrome. Time based pricing vs value based pricing.   You can work in-person with Nicky and a group of like minded people in one of the quarterly, three day, eCircle thought leader immersion events in Toronto.  Visit eCircleAcademy.com and book a success call with Nicky to take your practice to the next level. Check out Nicky’s books, Finish L