Samantha Postman is a cross-disciplined (polymath) educator and serial entrepreneur with over 29 years of startup and corporate business expertise. From flipping burgers to mastering tax law, Samantha's story isn't just one of success—it's a testament to the transformative power of a polymathic mindset. Raised on welfare by a teenage mother, her relentless pursuit of knowledge carved a path from adversity to triumph. As the embodiment of resilience and lifelong learning, she share the intricacie...
Feb 16, 2024•1 hr 12 min
Unlock the truth about achieving a balanced, healthy lifestyle with our insightful guest, Tim P Johansson. As a former gym addict turned holistic health advocate, Tim dismantles the myths of perfectionism in wellness, stressing the significance of marrying physical vigor with mental serenity. In a candid exchange, he shares his own nutritional strategy that leans on hearty meats and vibrant fruits, noticing similar positive shifts in his clients. With his guidance, we navigate the intricate land...
Feb 08, 2024•28 min
Unlock the mysteries of branding and its undeniable influence on company culture with Sebastian, our expert guide on this journey. He's not just another voice in the branding sphere; Sebastian brings a wealth of knowledge that will alter your perspective on how a business's identity can become its most valuable asset. As he breaks down the essence of branding beyond the visuals, you'll grasp why it's essential real estate in the consumer's mind. Imagine transforming your business into the 'Ferra...
Jan 26, 2024•53 min
Emelie Jochems is a CopyWriter and creator who specializes in several industries, including sports and recreation. In this episode, expect to learn: Emelie's strategies for Client acquisition. Why Emelie chose to focus on CopyWriting. How she stumbled upon her brand positioning. Her daily routines for moving the most important levers. How she tackles the "Dual ICP Challenge" in her content. Why you need to focus on "what's in it for them" while writing. And much, much more. I hope you enjoy this...
Jan 12, 2024•37 min
Sean is Founder of the Real Estate firm Scholastic Capital: a firm specializing in single family homes in elite school districts. Prior to Scholastic, Sean was a Management Consultant - both Independently and as a Consultant for Boston Consulting Group. Summary: The conversation covers topics such as the transition from consulting to independent work, the focus areas at BCG and the transition to independent consulting, the diagnostic approach in private equity deals, the criteria for property ac...
Dec 20, 2023•39 min
Parker is a Janitor turned Electrician turned Story-Focused Creator with ~30k Followers on X, ~10k on LinkedIn, and 4500+ email Subscribers. His product, "The Story System", is the regarded as one of the best on the market for helping new Creators find their Niche through stories. In this wide ranging episode, learn: Parker's Backstory - from Janitor to Electrician. What people misunderstand about Storytelling. Why Stories appeal to EVERY demographic. Why Stories are innate to our species. How t...
Dec 12, 2023•29 min
Hi Friends, I've been playing Calendar Bingo with bigger creators, but wanted to put out this episode to answer some questions regarding helpful Tech stacks. A few tools I discuss: Chat GPT Canva Loom Notion Convert Kit (landing pages, etc,) Google Freebies (Docs, Sheets, PPT) Keynote RECraft AI (Branding thing) Tweet Hunter (specific) Cold Email Tools Want more insights into the Higher Ed Space? Check-out our Newsletter. Please leave a review on your favorite podcast player!! It helps support t...
Dec 06, 2023•15 min
Sam Blew me away this Episode... Sam is a marketer and entrepreneur - who's generated $10 million for clients in 9 years – selling products as high as $45,000. Sam built a YouTube channel from 0 to 182k+ subs in 11 months. His goal is to run a portfolio of brands that I launch, scale, and automate by leveraging other creators. Expect to learn How Sam great a YouTube channel to 182k Subs in less than a year. Sam's background in Direct Response Marketing. Sam's thoughts on positioning an offer. Wh...
Nov 16, 2023•43 min
IF YOU ARE UNSURE ON HOW TO GET CLIENTS OR LEADS - THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU... Mitchell is a Whiz at customized cold-outreach - and his booking rates are some of the best I've seen... In this episode, expect to learn: The best cold email clients/systems. Psychological hacks to boost open rates. Biggest misconceptions about Cold Email. Data scraping tools you need check-out now. Workarounds to reduce your lead costs by 10x. Common mistakes from Newbies attempting Cold Outreach. Why Mitchell's long...
Nov 07, 2023•47 min
Another fabulous episode with a prolific Creator... Paul is a Copywriter, whose work ranges from Sales pages too Email Sequences, Social Media copy, and more. He's worked for incredible Personal and Commercial brands, and his expertise runs broad and deep in the Copywriting space. In this episode, learn how Paul: Landed his first few clients Recommends finding a niche How to stand out in Cold DM's Built a client flywheel through incentives Manages two different ICP's and Customer segments Transi...
Oct 31, 2023•23 min
Another great conversation with an incredible Creator... Excel has grown an active following on Twitter through Narrative structure. Despite Secrets of directing Web Traffic. Most Common mistakes of newbie Creators. Why "Growth Guru's" often give bad-advice (and cheat). Why Stories are the Ultimate hack for Breaking the Algorithm. How Affiliate Marketing and Facebook Ads led Excel to Twitter. How he positioned his first offer - and landed his first two clients. Excel is an awesome human - and so...
Oct 21, 2023•31 min
Another special episode, with another incredible mega creator... Taylin is a Marketing Agency Owner, Ghost Writer, and Creator. He is an incredible human.... Thoughtful. Endlessly Curious. Deeply Intelligent. In this episode, expect to learn: Why being a Ghostwriter is hard AF. How he'd rethink High-School curricula. Why Success if often a lagging Indicator. His meandering road to becoming a top-notch Creator. The Reason Everyone should operate in their "Zone of Genius". The Importance of a "Big...
Oct 11, 2023•29 min
This mini episode is a shot of adrenaline... Despite significant audio and connectivity issues, Brendan BROUGHT it during our short time together. Brendon's background is fascinating. He's worked in Film & Television as an Extra, Actor, and Stuntman - before transitioning to coaching. In this episode, learn how to: Why Creating an "Alter-Ego" can change your life. How Brendon went about forming his own. Mindset hacks for getting "into character". How he learns into his impulsivity. For more ...
Oct 06, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Hey Friends, Solo episode today, where I break down the greatest lessons I've learned to date, including: Cold Email/DM Sales Leverage as a Mental Model Thinking in Longer Time Frames The Benefits of Insane Specificity How to Stir Emotions with Writing Upgrading Mental Models Around Money Also - Congrats to "Us" for being in the top 1% of Podcast Longevity! Fun fact: 99% of Podcasts don't make it to Episode 22... Enjoy, and let me know your thoughts: mike@the-actualized-self.com Want more insigh...
Sep 29, 2023•15 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Jon Brosio is a Creator/Coach with a combined audience over 100k. In a world where many Entrepreneurs suggest "finding your niche", Jon's knowledge runs both deep and broad. Expect to learn: How he'd create with just 10 hours/week His Newsletter format for Value + Engagement His "Favorite Writing Tool" (which still has me laughing) Why he sees his Newsletter as a Sacred Space (hint: subscribe) How Jon would tackle re-writing High School Curriculum for the world Why the Life of a Creator is far f...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Dakota is one of the world's most sought after Ghostwriters. In a few years of building publicly, Dakota has amassed massive followings on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and elsewhere. Dakota went from growing up in a motorhome, to broke college dropout, to growing one of the world's biggest social media ghostwriting businesses. Dakota helps creators make a full-time income online by teaching them the proven storytelling, marketing, and content frameworks. In this episode, expect to learn: Why he...
Sep 12, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Lewis is a self-described "gamer nerd" who was looking to find more Career Fulfillment. After pursuing Careers in Teaching and Coaching, he took a major pivot. Now he earns his living through writing/creating online. In this episode, expect to learn Lewis approach to: Story-telling Reducing Expenses Word Choice in Brand Identity Sustaining Momentum as a Creator And much more. Want more insights into the Higher Ed Space? Check-out our Newsletter. Please leave a review on your favorite podcast pla...
Sep 05, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Bryant is an Austin based Sales Executive, Business Owner, and Athlete. Bryant has managed to build both a side-hustle and personal brand, while balancing a full-time sales executive role, work-out regime, and parenting schedule. Bryan Bryant has been a competitive athlete his entire life, and played Division 1 Tennis at Vanderbuilt University. Since moving to Austin, he's become an elite Pickleball player and coach. In this episode, we dive deep on: Why he wakes up at 4:30am The role faith play...
Aug 27, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 19
By day, Topher is a a freelance brand marketer, specializing in helping companies claim their place in the market. By night, Topher is a blogger, podcaster, and creator. Topher advises brands on product, positioning, strategy, and more, helping them create categories of one that yield leveraged results. In this conversation, here Topher's take on: Why specificity is king Why he has 300 questions he asks brands How Topher leverages Twitter in his personal brand Why Social Media is merely the "sha...
Aug 21, 2023•29 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Alexx Roy is a Branding expert and Twitter Growth coach, who has built three YouTube channels with over 100K Subscribers before transitioning to Twitter. On Twitter, Alexx has amassed a following His background on YouTube, and how it's helped position him as a Twitter expert. In this episode, learn: Twitter Trends to be aware of Frameworks for content creation How YouTube informed his growth strategy Why Networking is key to early success on Twitter The specifics of Networking most creators over...
Aug 18, 2023•48 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Milanie Grae is a Ghostwriter who supports coaches, mental health providers, and brands of all sizes in writing great copy and transforming followers into loyal clients. In this episode, here: Why you need to dig deep into your clients pain to drive behavior Why she exclusively works with brands she deeply believes in How Autism has effected her Journey as an Entrepreneur Neuroscience gives her advertising copy a massive edge The psychological drivers that drive buying behaviors Branding decisio...
Aug 13, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Richard Milkulkij is a Dublin-based Creator with passions in: Writing Running & Resolutions Richard's content on YouTube and Twitter teaches the power of living with intentionality and the compounding effect of sustainable habit formation. In this episode, we discuss discuss: Why Resolutions > Goals What people get wrong about habit formation Why few people understand the term "Resolution" The smallest actions that can lead to the biggest changes The power of Journaling, and how to make i...
Aug 07, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Shinjini Jain is a Business Brand Strategist, with an affinity, passion, and expertise in for helping creative businesses position themselves through brand position and psychology. In this wide-ranging episode on all things branding, Shinjini and I discuss: The story behind Bud Light's brand debacle Common mistakes of brands - big and small Why delivering value is only a piece of the puzzle How to think about your Ideal Customer Persona (ICP) Practical exercises to uncover/discover your brand's ...
Aug 03, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Fabio is a multi-talented polymath, with multiple publications under his belt - including "The 9-5 Multi-Millionaire: 7 Proven Steps Financial Freedom". In recent months, Fabio's Tweets on investing, wealth, and lifestyle optimization have helped him triple his Twitter following to nearly 9k. Fabio's LinkedIn Bio: Highly motivated Brand Builder and Brand Developer with 20+ years of consumer brand marketing in Retail, Food, and Beverages. I have marketing & general management experience, incl...
Jul 18, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Justine Leigh a full-stack software engineer and cloud architect who took an intentional step away from her full-time job with Amazon to try Entrepreneurship. Since doing so, she's been building a social Media following and In this episode, we go deep on: Building a personal brand Coaches and coursework with outsized ROI How to “professionally sabbatical”: and learn/grow into a new Career I found Justine's story highly inspiring and relatable. To follow Justine's Journey, check out Justine's: Ne...
Jul 10, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 14
For 12 years, Brock taught physical education, coached football and baseball for middle and high school, and later became an assistant principal. While he loved helping and coaching the kids, he soon realized that he wanted more for his family. In an effort to live his best life and provide for his loved ones, he went to real estate school and later opened his own brokerage. Soon after, he discovered that he could grow with the support of others, so he joined a national brand. In 2019, Brock fou...
May 25, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Roger Osorio is an author, reinvention expert, podcast host, and founder of The School of Reinvention, a community-based coaching platform empowering people to launch and succeed in personal and career reinvention. After graduating from Penn State University, Roger worked for a Fortune 500 company in marketing and sales. In 2008, after falling in love with a part-time job tutoring math, he quit his day job to reinvent his career. Since then, Roger has earned a masters degree in psychology and re...
Apr 27, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Christian Bonnier is a Founder of KnowledgeX, a Cold Email Lead Generation Services For B2B Businesses, and Marketing & Business education company that teaches marketing agencies and b2b companies how to build client acquisition systems. Christian's knowledge and ability to write and teach cold-emailing and cold-emailing strategy is world-class - and a big part of the reason he's built an impressive Twitter following and two successful agencies. In this episode, Christian shares: Common mist...
Apr 05, 2023•19 min•Season 1Ep. 11
This episode provides listeners with an overview of Mike's course, "15 Days to a Better You". One thing I've learned working with high-performers from all walks of life is that, contrary to what we've been told, GOALS ARE OVERRATED. Do they have their place? Absolutely: in fact, we use/leverage them as part of the 15 Days Course. More than that, though - the 15 Days Course Helps you BUILD SYSTEMS. SYSTEMS TO HELP YOU BUILD A BETTER LIFE. This course is designed to: Help you cultivate new mindset...
Mar 20, 2023•20 min
Sean Johnson is a professor, freelance writer, and partner at Manifold , which both advises enterprise organizations on growth and innovation, and invests in early stage startups. Manifold's successes include: Clients ranging from The Chicago Bulls, NBC Universal, USA Networks, KPMG, Kindred Healthcare, US Cellular and more. Twice named to the Inc 500 list of fastest growing small businesses in the US. Over $40M raised for startup investments. Multiple startup exits. Sean leverages his backgroun...
Feb 28, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 9
