Gary Smith is the founder of Gary L. Smith, LLC. As a businessman and entrepreneur for over 45 years, Gary is on a mission to help you live a happier, more fulfilled life by discovering and executing on your unique life purpose. Gary is the author of several books, including his latest work -- Purpose Driven Achievement: A common sense approach to effectively using purpose, energy, planning, and execution to achieve your most ambitious business and personal dreams. Gary is a business consultant,...
Jan 20, 2021•56 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Battling Extreme anxiety, stress, and depression for most of his like, Andrew S Oakes is taking a stand against stress! Struggling with horrid thoughts of suicide daily and a multitude of toxic addictions, he finally hit rock bottom. That year Andrew would completely reinvent his life, and he immediately began teaching others how to reinvent theirs. Seven years later, he keeps getting better and better. He believes growth and contribution is the shining jewel of happiness. He wants to thank ever...
Jan 14, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Fletcher and his team use self-established resources such as “Hiring Talented Team Players: a Guide to Getting it Right,” and The Power Interview Guide. To help organizations with their hiring needs. Fletcher has also written various eBooks, and hiring articles to help in this role. His experience in the hiring space is second to none and we get to extract how he helps business succeed by hiring great people! Check out Fletcher's Book! Get America Back to Work: Your Guide to Getting a Job FAST i...
Jan 06, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Chris Fern is a speaker, author, coach, and serial entrepreneur. He is also the founder of the Mindful Money Podcast, the owner of Simple Business Solutions, and lastly Funnel Alchemy. I am excited to pick his brain about making easier decisions and understanding how we think. Where Can You Find Chris? www.practicemindfulmoney.com Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5T...
Dec 30, 2020•45 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Ryan Stow was born in Riverside, CA and moved to Hillsboro when he was very young. He played every sport he could think of growing up but once he got a lacrosse stick in his hand he never looked back. Since 2018 he has been the offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania while he is also pursuing a masters in education. He loves to talk about sales, marketing, recruiting, leadership, and team culture. Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairand...
Dec 16, 2020•52 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Matt has also coached multiple years at the High School, middle school, and various youth programs. If that wasn’t enough he was the USA wresting associations - Oregon Junior Director the last two years and works with four non-profit wrestling organizations in the state. By doing all of this he has accrued 30,000 yes that’s right 30,000 volunteer hours in ten years as a coach. He has learned a ton about kids, parents, coaches, programs, and most importantly himself. He acknowledges that his coac...
Dec 09, 2020•59 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Author & Course Creation Coach, Kenny Barnwell...Founder of The Creators Circle. After spending 17 years traveling the world with top music artists, feeling burnt-out from the work, Kenny started focusing on helping others by creating online training courses to help others gain success in their music business careers. From there he launched The Creators Circle, a program dedicated to helping burnt-out industry experts and business owners repurpose their knowledge and reignite their passion b...
Dec 02, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 52
About our Guest Sheri’ DuMond, the Queen of Confidence. With over 20 years experience of mentoring business and sales leaders, Sheri’ is a renowned expert at Confident Success. She is a speaker, creator of the ground-breaking, revolutionary programs: UnCrushing Your Confidence(™) and the Confidence Success Circle (™). Sheri’ is passionate about helping professionals build unshakable confidence, squash self-doubt, gain Executive Presence and build the lives of their dreams. Where you can find She...
Nov 25, 2020•57 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Hey what's up everybody it’s Kyle Tolzman and you are listening to the Against All Average podcast....the show where entrepreneurs and everyday people come to learn the skills and mindset to lead exceptional lives. Our sponsor today is… - Sponsor Plug: When you need all things digital looking their best, call our friends at Fair and Event! Our friends will give you the AGAINST ALL AVERAGE treatment with an awesome new website, ticketing, custom graphics, and a full line of printing services! Fai...
Nov 18, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 50
Buy How to be Crazy Amazing During Difficult Times Below!!! https://www.amazon.com/Crazy-Amazing%C2%AE-During-Difficult-Times/dp/1735072915 ------------------------------ Against All Average Mindset Possibility Mindset When we fully think, understand, and believe that anything and everything is possible in our lives we will start living in a way that prepares us for success. If you don’t think it can hap- pen, it won’t. If you think it is possible, it will. Say Yes Too often we overthink a posit...
Nov 10, 2020•18 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Building a Resilient Mindset FOCUS ON FINDING THE OPPORTUNITY YOU’VE SURVIVED 100% OF YOUR WORST DAYS TUNE OUT NEGATIVITY Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5TiH36A Facebook: fb.me/AgainstAllAverage Instagram: ( https://instagram.com/againstallaverage...
Nov 06, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 48
How to Manufacture Energy *Purpose *Balance *Battery (Charge vs. Drain) *Introvert vs. Extrovert *Hang out with energetic people in energetic environments *Lighten your load *Meditation/yoga to better balance stress Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5TiH36A Facebook: fb.me/AgainstAllAverage Instagram: ( https://instagram.com/againstallaverage...
Nov 04, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Mindset Reminders You are in a funk and you just don't know what to do. You set a goal for yourself a few weeks and you have failed miserably. You just can't seem to get away fro the negative thoughts. Remember the message below. It’s not one thing it’s everything. Don’t pick and choose where you put your energy. Replace failing with learning Realistic time analysis It just takes one Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtub...
Oct 30, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Personal Branding Part 2 Who is your target audience? The way you talk. What do you wear? Professionalism. Focus on being Against All Average first. Research experts in the field you want to be known for Linked In, Facebook, Instagram Business articles Conferences Chamber of Commerce Don't just blend in, be exceptional! What is your story? Align stories with what interviewer needs/wants Use all the senses Use non-verbal expression Be you, be authentic Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com...
Oct 27, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 45
The Untold Stories of Personal Branding Need: Create a skill set and have the emotional intelligence to be great. Does your company operate on a high level without you? Solution: Make sure that your personal brand fits in with solving a problem. If you can provide solutions you can always find work. Know: What do people know you by? Are you kind, compassionate, empathetic? Are you a sales genius? Find what you are the best at and go all in! Sponsors Fair and Event www.fairandevent.com * Where Ca...
Oct 23, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 44
How to Stay Motivated and Continue to Crush Why do you want to achieve certain goals? Why do you want to work a certain job?Be extremely honest with yourself. Create a crystal clear vision Use a spreadsheet to be real with yourself monetarily Backwards plan (create a calendar with the end goal and work backwards) Accountability Partner Write down and document the journey (weight chart, mileage chart, wife prints out October and is checking off her workouts) Small and adaptable goals. Keep hittin...
Oct 20, 2020•20 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Manufacturing Confidence -Possibility Mindset. If you believe that anything is possible it gives you massive confidence to succeed. Keep fighting the good fight and believing in yourself. Everything is possible with the right effort, knowledge, skill, and resources. -Being true to what you said you were going to do no exception. If you tell someone you will be on a meeting at 6:00pm, be on that meeting with no exceptions each and every time. If you are in an emergency make sure you call, text, o...
Oct 16, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 42
How to Crush an Interview and Get the Job of Your Dreams Re-state questions to give yourself time to answer the questions Repeat the last three words of their sentence in a questioning tone to have them repeat the question and buy yourself more time. (Chris Voss) What new skills are you working on? Work this into your answers. Tell a story (Use the STAR method and insert your senses) Give specific examples Use your eyes and body language to talk to everyone in the room not just who you think is ...
Oct 13, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Have you bought the book yet? Click the link below to order How to be Crazy Amazing During Difficult Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1735072915 The "it" Factor Be kind and understanding. Be empathetic of others. Take care of yourself. Good hygeine, sleep, diet, and exercise. Being Coachable and have a growth mindset. Be authentically excited about what you are doing even if it is as simple as talking to the neighbor when you are getting the mail. Listen fully and rephrasing what the o...
Oct 09, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Becoming the Willow and Outgrowing the Oak: How to Become Insanely Resilient You've survived 100% of your worst days Negativity: In one ear and out the other Take care of yourself - sleep, diet, exercise Surround yourself with positive people that are also resilient Choose your response…..it’s your choice how you respond to challenges. Get up! Maintain perspective and always think about the big picture. Understand that the future is always positive Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices....
Oct 06, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Battling Insecurities and doubt Step 1: Identifying it If we don't put a name to what we are feeling, how are we going to work toward being more secure with outselves? Step 2: Create positive messaging about your insecurity So often when we are insecure we look at ourselves in the mirror and start the negative self talk. Change that into positive self talk about your specific insecurity. Step 3: Work on the area in which you are insecure or doubtful When we work towards our goal of being more se...
Oct 02, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Sharpen Your Knife When you are at your lowest, and feeling down and out, continue to work on yourself. Read a book, listen to a podcast, take a class online. With new skills comes confidence and new opportunity. Action Outplays Thought Small consistent action builds momentum. By taking action we can take our minds out of a consistent loop of anxiety, worry, and fear. Remember, a step in the wrong direction is better than no step at all. We learn from doing. Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faempr...
Sep 29, 2020•9 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Against All Average Mindset Don’t Pick and Choose Where You Put Your Energy When things aren’t going well in our lives we tend to pick and choose where we put our energy. Instead, maintain balance in your health, life, business, and relationships. Be Solutions Based Focus on a variety of solutions for each problem. Ask for help and ask for advice. Sometimes you need someone else’s viewpoint to see the solution. Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com www.fairandevent.com * Where Can Y...
Sep 25, 2020•25 min•Season 2Ep. 36
When you believe that the world works for you and not against you, you give without expectation, and you continue to fail forward, you are well on your way to becoming Against All Average! Against All Average Mindset: Part 2 The World Works for You You must understand that the only person in your way is you. The world works for us at all times. Difficult days are not setbacks, but simple lessons one must learn to move forward. Giving Without Expectation If you truly and wholeheartedly give witho...
Sep 22, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Becoming Against All Average: Part 1 Possibility Mindset When we fully think, understand, and believe that anything and everything is possible in our lives we will start living in a way that prepares us for success. If you don’t think it can happen, it won’t. If you think it is possible, it will. Say Yes Too often we overthink a positive opportunity. Keep it simple. If something is positive and moves you or your career forward, say yes to it. You never know what is on the other side of yes. Be G...
Sep 18, 2020•28 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Five Efficiency Hacks Part Four 16 - Talk to text 17 - Schedule meetings for 15 minutes 18 - Audio books 19 - Email hacks-force certain emails into folders 20 - Clean office at the end of every day Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com ------------------------------- Social Links ------------------------- * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5TiH36A Facebook: fb.me/AgainstAllAverage Instagram: ( https...
Sep 15, 2020•17 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Five More Efficiency Hacks! 11 - Have 2-3 monitors on your computer. 12 - Always fill up your gas tank to the tip top. 13 - Set out clothes the night before. 14 - Prioritize tasks based on importance. What can you do to move the needle the furthest in the shortest amount of time. 15 - How do you follow up with people when you do not have the answer right away? Create CRM sales sequences for follow-up tasks. Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com ------------------------------- Social...
Sep 11, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Five More Efficiency Hacks! 6 - online grocery services 7 - calendly (no back and forth meetings scheduling) 8 - cooking meals ahead of time 9 - grub hub 10 - Take breaks more frequently Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com ------------------------------- Social Links ------------------------- * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5TiH36A Facebook: fb.me/AgainstAllAverage Instagram: ( https://instagra...
Sep 08, 2020•15 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Five Efficiency Hacks 1 - Night before to do list 2- Turn off the ringer and put your phone face down 3 - Write down all the different errands you need to run and combine into one trip 4 - Jam to music, you’ll find yourself in a rhythm and things will distract you less 5- Only one task at a time Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com ------------------------------- *Time Stamped Show Notes: * Social Links ------------------------- * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallave...
Sep 04, 2020•13 min•Season 2Ep. 30
The Five Keys to Great Leadership Transparency Preparation Growth Plans Leading by example Ethics Sponsors FAEM Pro Services www.faemproservices.com ------------------------------- *Time Stamped Show Notes: * Social Links ------------------------- * Where Can You Find Us? * Website: www.againstallaverage.com Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuMcGqduDz9E2mBU5TiH36A Facebook: fb.me/AgainstAllAverage Instagram: ( https://instagram.com/againstallaverage...
Sep 01, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 29
