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Successful Dropout

Kylon Giengersuccessfuldropout.com
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerburg, and Bill Gates weren't the only Successful Dropouts. Listen to the only podcast in the world that features weekly interviews with inspiring and successful entrepreneurs who dropped out of school to pursue their business or idea. Learn how to drop out, grind, and succeed. This podcast is for YOU if: you are a STUDENT thinking about leaving college to start a business or land your dream job, if you are an ENTREPRENEUR who just dropped out or graduated and you want to grow your business, if you are in HIGH SCHOOL or COLLEGE and the traditional educational system isn't for you. This podcast is for the OUTLIERS, the INNOVATORS, the REBELS, those who dare to DREAM and ACT on their dreams. Get actionable advice on how to create your own path and succeed in business and in life without a college degree. Join the Successful Dropout Nation at successfuldropout.com.
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Episodes

6 Things You Need To Be Successful In Life

Kylon jumps on the mic to share with you 6 things that every person needs to be successful in life. These are tangible things that you should be constantly evaluating. If you find you aren't satisfied with these things, something needs to change! Tune in.

Sep 14, 202017 min

How To Conquer Limiting Beliefs (In 5 Steps!)

Kylon shares how to conquer limiting beliefs in 5 steps and what his main limiting beliefs are. He also plays a game of would you rather! Listen in for practical tools on how to shift your limiting beliefs of yourself. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of ...

Apr 13, 202026 min

10 Things You Should Do During COVID-19

Kylon jumps on the mic to talk about the 10 things you should do during COVID-19. We are in different times but these principles will last through any challenges we may face. Start practicing them today to see massive impact in your life and others around you. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appre...

Mar 30, 202029 min

Successful Dropout Most Common Questions & Answers

Kylon jumps on the mic to answer the most common questions from Successful Dropouts. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED What Works Podcast JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! C...

Apr 15, 20191 hr

Building a Virtual Assistant Agency from The Ground Up with Mandi Holmes

Sam talks with Mandi Holmes about her dropout journey, building systems and growing her business from a one-person operation to a 17-strong team. Mandi not only dropped out of college once, but twice! She now runs She Can Coterie, a full-service business and marketing management agency for online, service-based, women business owners. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionall...

Mar 11, 201942 min

Here's How to Make $60,000 Per Year as a Successful Dropout with Seth Hymes

Sam talks with Seth Hymes about the highly in demand career of a digital marketer, the opposition people can find following this unconventional route, and also about his new film "Wally got Wasted!" Seth has helped hundreds of people including dropouts get jobs and clients with no previous experience or education, this is a must listen for anyone looking for a next step in their dropout journey. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it u...

Mar 06, 201949 min

The Challenges and Successes of Forging Your Own Path with Sam Watt

Kylon sits down to interview Sam Watt, his partner in Successful Dropout. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Life Skills That Matter Strategic Plan Start with Why by Simon Sinek J...

Feb 18, 20191 hr 13 min

Huge Announcement, How to Be Superhuman, and More

Kylon and Te share a big announcement, habits to master that make you superhuman, memory techniques, and more! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account...

Jan 28, 201943 min

5 Things to Accelerate Growth of Your Business That Aren’t Hacks With Stephen Warley

Stephen Warley appears on Successful Dropout for the third time to discuss some practical and sustainable ideas for accelerating the growth of your business. Stephen also talks about his upcoming January Accelerator which he is yet again offering at a massively discounted rate to members of the Successful Dropout community! RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Stephen's Accelerator Offer Life Skills That Matter Accelerator Info Life Skills That Matter Strategic Plan HabitBull Habit Tracker for iOS and And...

Jan 18, 201951 min

Here's How We Start the New Year (Kylon & Te)

Successful Dropouts Kylon and Te talk about their end of year habits and share ideas for dominating 2019. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account in t...

Dec 31, 201846 min

Should You Be a Jack of All Trades Or Master of One?

Is it better to specialize in one thing, or to be pretty good at a lot of things? What are the pros and cons? THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account ...

Nov 05, 201839 min

How To Avoid Suffering (Plus A Big Announcement!)

This week Kylon and Te jump on the mic to share what's been happening in their life, and also share a big announcement about the future of SD! THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT ...

Oct 09, 20181 hr 2 min

All of the Businesses I'm a Part of and What's Happening in Each

This week Kylon jumps on the mic to share what's been happening in his life and businesses recently and where things are going in the future. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT C...

Sep 11, 201841 min

Why I Haven't Uploaded In Awhile

I figured I owed the Successful Dropout community an explanation on we haven't published a new episode in weeks. :) -Kylon THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a ...

Aug 28, 201823 min

S2E7: Accountability - Gienger Family Roundtable Discussion

Pleased to share yet another Gienger Family Roundtable Discussion. This time on the topic of accountability. THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them. JOIN THE SUCCESSFUL DROPOUT COMMUNITY! Create a free account i...

Jul 09, 20181 hr

S2E6: How to Create a Compelling Brand for Yourself and Your Business With Damien Foord (Branding for Dropouts)

Damien Foord is on Successful Dropout for the 3rd time to demystify the process of building a great brand. A brand is more than just your logo and your business card. It’s much more than your reputation or what people think about you or how you make them feel. A brand is how you make an effort beyond yourself—a company or project or just a professional persona—relatable on a human level. For people that went to university, they largely live off of their uni’s brand until they have enough experie...

Jul 02, 201852 min

S2E5: How to Change Your Thinking to Expand Your Opportunities With Jeff Hittner

Jeff leads Your Project X , a social venture dedicated to helping people (re)discover their purpose to build careers they’ll love. He has more than 19 years experience as an entrepreneur, consultant, professor and change-maker. He is the founder of five social ventures, including IBM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consulting practice. In 2011, he developed the curriculum for the first MBA in Sustainability on the East Coast, at Bard College, where he was the Leadership professor. He was...

Jun 25, 201837 min

S2E4: How to Overcome Trauma/Suffering and Lead Your Best Life With Cheyenne Noelle

Cheyenne is a writer and futurist with a fierce love for leveraging digital communication. She’s mostly ghostwriting, copywriting, and content writing about life, innovation, technology, and human-centered design. When she’s not writing or learning something new, Cheyenne travels and spends time with her little boy. She currently resides in Raleigh, North Carolina. This isn't Cheyenne's first time on Successful Dropout and her episodes just keep getting better! This week we talk about how to suc...

Jun 18, 201840 min

S2E3: How to Control Money So it Doesn't Control You With The Gienger Family

This week I'm incredibly excited to bring you an episode from Systems for Success. SFS is a podcast led by my dad, Lonnie Gienger, and once a month our entire family gets together for a "family roundtable discussion" episode and we teach on specific topics as a group. This week we discuss financial management and how to control money so it doesn't control you. It's also exciting for me to have the SD community meet my entire family all in this one episode. They are all entrepreneurs, podcasters,...

Jun 11, 20181 hr 16 min

S2E2: How to Develop Self-Awareness With Stephen Warley

This week we were able to get Stephen Warley from Life Skills That Matter back on the show! Stephen has dedicated his time and energy to training people how to approach and navigate the future of work and new realities when building their careers. In this episode we discuss one of the most important skills which could be considered the basis of all self development, is self awareness. RESOURCES/THINGS MENTIONED Take Stephen's Self Assessment Challenges! Life Skills That Matter - check it out now...

Jun 04, 201830 min

S2E1: Everything You Need to Know About Working With Business Partners

To kick of this new season of Successful Dropout I was able to get our longtime business partners and best friends on the show (missing my sister Chelann though!) to talk about the pros and cons of partnership. We've been partners with Landon and Kennedy Wilkinson for over five years now, and friends for even longer. Together we have grown multiple six figure businesses and we don't plan on stopping anytime soon. Throughout our partnership and friendship we've have many ups and downs and we've l...

May 28, 201843 min

100: The End of SD as You Know It and My Ayahuasca Experience

Episode 100 marks the end of a season, and the beginning of a new one. Kylon talks about the history of Successful Dropout, and his vision for the future of this community. He also shares about his experience with Ayahuasca in the mountains of Costa Rica. This episode is about change, and new beginnings. RESOURCES What is Ayahuasca? THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally,...

May 21, 20181 hr 15 min

99: Why The School System Is Failing Us With Kylon Gienger & Zachary Babcock

It was a pleasure to sit down with Zachary Babcock on his new show, Underdog Empowerment and talk about my entrepreneurial journey, the school system, and the Successful Dropout community. If you are having second thoughts about school, this is for you! RESOURCES Underdog Empowerment Podcast THANK YOU! Thanks again for listening to the show! If it has helped you in any way, please share it using the social media buttons you see on the page. Additionally, reviews for the podcast on iTunes are ext...

May 14, 201843 min

98: From Successful Dropout Listener to Selling $250k on Amazon With Rob Schad

Rob had everything lined to succeed in college...a healthy scholarship, a spot on the baseball team and more. But he decided to opt-out on the last possible day and take life into his own hands. At the time all he had going for him was 5k in inventory which quickly turned into 250k sales in 13 months through selling on Amazon. This episode is special because Rob used to be a listener of Successful Dropout, and he's now worked his way up to becoming a guest! It's so amazing to be apart of a commu...

May 07, 201835 min

97: The Simple System to Achieve Anything With Sivana Brewer

Sivana is an ambitious and outspoken 20-year-old who believes the reason most young people aren’t achieving what they want is that they are unclear on who they want to become, undisciplined, and have a lack of support in education outside of the current system. From an early age, she has had her hand in different endeavors, including a successful fashion resale business, to a failed PR business. As a college dropout, Sivana has traveled from a suitcase for 14 months forging relationships and wor...

Apr 30, 201851 min

96: Leveraging SEO for Your Site Growth & The Importance of Self Awareness With Jeremiah Smith

Jeremiah is the Cofounder and CEO of SimpleTiger, a boutique digital marketing agency specializing in SEO for entrepreneurs. The SEO industry is plagued by smoke and mirrors, blackhat techniques, and a lack of transparency, and Jeremiah wants to change that for good. For 11 years, Jeremiah has helped companies like Segment.com, Shopify, NBC, MTV, E*Trade, LG, and Sports Illustrated see significant gains in their search results, organic traffic, and revenue. Jeremiah's story is a fascinating jour...

Apr 23, 201855 min

95: How to Build Something That Attracts People and Other Q&A With Kylon, Te, and Chelann Gienger

This week I decided to sit down with my wife and sister and answer some questions from the SD community. Between the three of us we all run six figure businesses, manage employees and staff, run podcasts and communities, two of us dropped out of school, we've been broke, had business partners, worked with spouses, siblings and friends building businesses, we've failed, we've succeeded, we've switched, pivoted, or quit things...you name it. We got a great response and you guys asked some fantasti...

Apr 16, 20181 hr 41 min

94: How to channel addiction into whole life success with Brodie Kern

Brodie is a public speaker and serial entrepreneur. Brodie currently owns and operates a number of businesses including a commercial real estate brokerage, a telecom marketing agency, and a high-risk payment processing company. Brodie currently travels the country with his wife hannah speaking and attending a number of events on the topics of addiction, personal development, fear, motivation, and entrepreneurship. Brodie uses his past experiences with his battle against drugs and alcohol to insp...

Apr 09, 201845 min

93: Sailing around the world while building and selling 7 figure businesses with Caspar Craven

Caspar believes in challenging conventional thinking on how leaders and teams become truly effective and create extraordinary results. Caspar has 30 years’ experience in building teams to make things happen. Starting as an entrepreneur at the age of 14, he has built and led teams in global corporations, start-up businesses, struggling businesses and high growth businesses. He built a team on a trophy-winning world racing yacht. But his toughest challenge by far was building his family team to sa...

Apr 02, 201850 min

92: How you can create an impactful business with global leaders with Jeff Hittner and Greg Van Kirk

Greg and Jeff are doing some amazing things to create social change in developing countries through the power of entrepreneurship. It was amazing to have them on the show and hear about their upcoming program, Career X and how YOU as a member of Successful Dropout can get involved. If you are interested in entrepreneurship, looking for an adventure, and want to challenge yourself...how better to do it than going to Guatemala to build a business?? The adventure is 2.5 weeks long and you'll experi...

Mar 26, 201855 min
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