Igniting Souls Podcast With Kary Oberbrunner

Rhonda Bolling, our 2016 Author of the Year, wanted to write a book her whole life. Find out how she made her dream come true with a children's book that has helped raise money for ALS and Kids Cookies For a Cause. This interview is part of our 7-year celebration of Author Academy Elite. Find out more at https://www.authoracademyelite.com

Mark LaMaster is a perfect example of an author who knew he had a story inside of him and a legacy to leave for his family. Our 2015 Author Academy Elite Author Of the Year has not only made an impact on his own family but the lives of many dads (and moms) who are looking to connect with their children. Listen in as Daphne V Smith talks to Mark as part of our 7-year celebration of Author Academy Elite. Find out more at https://www.authoracademyelite.com 

2014 was a very big year. It was our first year of Author Academy Elite and the year Gill Bentham published her book Disentangling Genius. She started with 25 authors and was the first one to publish her book. Gill and I share some advice to help you get started on your dream. The #1 thing is to be confident and believe in yourself. When clients are buying a product or service from you, they are buying your belief. Find out more about how Gill got the confidence to write and how her story came from the wounds of her divorce. Find out more about Author Academy Elite at https://www.authoracademyelite.com 

What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know—that’s the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and over twenty years of research, bestselling author, peak performance expert and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high, here is the playbook to make it happen! Find out more at https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Casey Weade is a trailblazer in the financial industry. I love his outlook on jobs and retirement. Check out my recent interview with him on the Unhackable Livestream, talking about his upcoming book Job Optional as well as his Retire with Purpose Podcast. Interestingly, for a book about money, the first recommended step in financial planning has nothing to do with the stock market or annuities, but the need for an individual to have a life purpose. One's goal should be to identify this purpose and to create a plan set out to organize your assets in such a way to most efficiently accomplish that end. Once this has been decided, the next step is into the world of finance. Find out more at https://retirewithpurpose.com/job-optional-book"

Let's face it. You want more-more money and freedom, less work, and a higher quality of life.  What if there were a simple, proven system to get you off the hamster wheel, create cash flow, and generate real wealth with little risk or complexity?  Entrepreneur Magazine calls Justin Donald the "Warren Buffett of Lifestyle Investing." He's a master of low-risk cash flow investing, specializing in simplifying complex financial strategies, structuring deals, and disciplined investment systems that consistently produce profitable results. His ethos is to create wealth without creating a job. Get a glimpse into Justin's amazing 10 Commandments of Cash Flow Investing for Passive Income and Financial Freedom during his recent Global Livestream Book Launch. We are proud to be part of Justin's book launch as part of the Ethos Collective. Get more, including the book, at https://www.justindonald.com 

I love every book I have been a part of publishing, but when I get to help a dear friend like Chet Scott expand his impact, leave his legacy and share his message it is extra special. Here's a clip from his Global Livestream Book launch of Built To Lead. He says the book is for people who want to hear the truth, not just affirmation. If that's you, check out this livestream and check out his book, now on Amazon. 

Nick Sonnenberg actually completely stopped all the marketing and sales for his company for 18 months! Wow! That seems counterintuitive, but he actually has some great reasons why. Find out more about his ACR method of growing a business (Attraction - Conversion - Retention) and why most businesses are doing it backwards. My mind was literally blown by this interview. Whether you're an author starting to turn your book into a business, a solopreneur, a start-up or you're looking to scale your business, there are so many takeaways packed in this interview.

Book publishing has changed a lot since I published my first book in 2004. Tom Dean, who has worked with some of the biggest publishers in the world and helped many New York Times Bestselling Authors and I talk about some of those changes, including the ebook craze, the audiobook phenomenon and the drastic shift in the retail landscape. Rather than book retail being predominantly bricks and mortar bookstores, it's now dominated by Amazon - the 24/7 bookstore. So how should an author adapt to these changes to get the most impact for their book? Join us as we talk about Kindle Unlimisted, KDP Select, setting your price points and more. It's not too late to catch the replay of our webinar Unwrap Your Dream of Becoming a Bestselling Author. Click here to get it now: https://www.karyoberbrunner.com/unwrapbook 

SEX or SMARTPHONES! The latest study reveals the majority of people would rather give up sex than smartphones. We've been hacked. Do you suffer from digiphrenia? Have you been guilty of "phubbing" someone? How many times do you touch your phone a day? Check out my interview with Jon Giganti. Become unhackable. https://amzn.to/36K7ShG

How do you develop a content marketing plan for your book? Where do you start with remarketing your book? When should you write a second book? When should you start marketing your book? What should you do when your manuscript is rejected? These are questions so many authors have. Tom Dean, who has worked with some of the biggest publishers in the world and helped many New York Times Bestselling Authors, joins me to answer your questions in this live video. For more like this, join us for our upcoming webinar: Unwrap Your Dreams of Becoming a Bestselling Author on December 9th at 1 pm ET. Save your seat at https://www.karyoberbrunner.com/unwrapbook 

We choose to get distracted and most of us don't care. But the way to become unhackable and not get distracted so you can finish your book or task is to have a boon. A boon is your greatest ache, your truest longing and your deepest desire. This is from Day 2 of the Unhackable Book. Get your copy and start the 30-day challenge today at https://www.unhackablebook.com

Authors ask all the time when is the best time to start talking about and promoting your book. It's now — even if you haven't written it yet. That's what Speaker Academy Elite is all about. It equips you with the skills and tools you need to be a better speaker, whether on live stage or online. Find out more at https://speakeracademyelite.com/

How many times have you had a really big goal and gotten stuck not knowing "how" to accomplish it? Dan Sullivan, coach and author of the newly released book Who Not How, says the best way to move forward is not to ask "how can I get there," but "who can help me get there?" Listen in to the Global Launch of this new book, where Dan drops pure gold nuggets for entrepreneurs, including: • The best people don’t work for money • How to find “who’d up hours” • Finding “whos” instead of “hows” will give you four main freedoms in your life He says, “A lot of people are afraid of setting goals because they’re afraid they won’t achieve them. But if you commit to the goals, the “whos” will show up to help you achieve them.” You can find Dan’s new book on Amazon.

Most businesses are caught up in doing and don't take a step back to think about what they're doing. Jill Young, coach and author of the new book The Thinking Advantage, says you need to delegate the thinking in your business — not just the doing. She provides 4 essential steps to do that: 1. Teach 2. Coach 3. Don't Rescuse 4. Return and Reflect. Find out more in her Global Livestream Book Launch of The Thinking Advantage here. You can also find out more about all of her books, including The Courage Advantage and The Earning Advantage at https://www.tractionfirst.com

With so many people struggling right now with anxiety and depression, here are a few tips to help you stay motivated: 1. Music Matters - control your space. Choose what you're putting in your brain. 2. Exercise - this releases endorphins that will keep you from supplementing with other things 3. Eat Right - think about intermittent fasting. It breaks the rhythm and the addiction to food. 4. Read Scripture and Journal - if you connect with your creator, your core and your community, you are unstoppable. Find out more in Unhackable Book at https://www.unhackablebook.com. 

"An incentive plan that does not change behavior is just a bonus and therefore it becomes an entitlement," says Tom Bouwer. So how does a business owner motivate employees instead of entitling them? Tom and Alex Freytag answer these questions in their new book Profit Works: Unravel the Complexity of Incentive Plans to Increase Employee Productivity, Cultivate an Engaged Workforce, and Maximize Your Company’s Potential. We get an in-depth overview in their Global Livestream Book Launch, including why an incentive plan is still a good idea, even in the middle of a pandemic. To find out more, get their book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Profit-Works-Complexity-Incentive-Productivity/dp/1647464498/

Amber Vilhauer was surrounded and bullied by 5 girls as young teen. Listen in on how she leaned into her pain to help others today — and you can too! In fact, I believe the best authors make their pain their platform. PLUS, Amber and I talk about my struggle to ask people to help promote the new Unhackable Book that has just launched, why I had to work push past it and the great results it yielded. Hint: this includes some great how-to launch info for authors looking to launch their next book. Learn more at UnhackableBook.com

"We may not be able to be stress free, but we can definitely stress less." Todd Hopkins shares the background story behind his new book, The Stress Less Business Owner, including a near death wake-up call in the emergency room that made him realize he needed to do things differently. Todd's book outlines 10 disciplines that can help business owners reduce the stress in their lives while still making money and taking care of their customers. He says it comes down to 4 key words: Wisdom, Understanding, Sound Judgement and Discretion. You can find out more at https://www.stresslessbusinessowner.com/ and find the book on Amazon.

"It's like you told my story when you wrote that book," says Travis M. White, one of our Unhackable Coaches. He shares his story of being hacked from within after experiencing childhood sexual abuse and how for many who have experienced past trauma and abuse it's our own internal narrative that hacks us. Find Travis and the Unhackable Resources he's added to his coaching at https://theunhackablemind.com/. On today's Unhackable Coach Show we also introduce you to Jim Henry, who works with terminally ill people and helps them move from chaos to calm then to clarity and then to compensation. He is applying the Unhackable Message to his coaching as he shows people who have received a diagnosis of a terminal illness that it does not have to be the beginning of the end. You can find out more about his new resources at unhackablelifegivers.life. Our final guest today is Vicki Terrill who works as a career coach with high school and college students. She shares how the Unhackable Message has made a difference in her