Big Time Dreams Podcast

Amy Lyle was in staffing for 20 years. She wrote a book about all of her failures in a funny memoir. That has opened up some great opportunities for her. She is now a regular guest on an Atlanta morning show and has a screenplay in development. She tries to laugh in her life and find the funny in any situation. This is one of the most entertaining interviews ever! Learn how to get your book on Amazon, social media automation and more. Let’s go on a journey and see how Amy became a best-selling author and where she is going from here. Check out www.amylyle.me. Big Time Dreams!

Today we have a piano teacher that can help you play your favorite jam. Hunter Farris wants you to be passionate about piano. He saw people try to play but wishing they started earlier. With his passion and knowledge, he helps people get excited and really want to play piano! Hunter is still in college and teaching people during the evenings. Come hear this guy’s story on how he is making money doing his passion. Big Time Dreams!

If you own a business, having a book is a great way to boost your brand. It builds credibility and bills you as an authority in your subject. James Ranson is a Book Coach/editor/author that helps others get their book finished and published. He is great with words, editing, formatting and much more. This episode will go into his story on how he started his location independent business. How does his workday look? Who are his clients? How does the business look? Let’s find out as with talk with Master Wordsmith , James Ranson. If you don't want to write a crappy book go to jamesranson.com/crappy-book. Also check out jamesranson.com

Mike Truong runs Faint Media. They do social media marketing for businesses. It has over 50 employees in Portland and New York. His story comes from one who has a chip on his shoulder. He was told by his parents that he has to chose a certain career path to be successful. Being compared to his academically smart sibling, he set to prove he can make it in creative. He is now crushing it, working for mostly food establishments and some Fortune 500 companies. He loves food and does a lot of content about food. And he’s only in his 20’s. This is a really good show with a a young dude grinding like crazy and doing a lot of good things. Check out www.FaintMike.com . Let’s do it. Big Time Dreams!

On this show we have Brent Brinkmeier. He is a personal trainer with his own workout 1 on 1 space. He really enjoys his job and business. He loves helping people to see results and feel better about themselves and their health. But how does the operation work? Do you just need a studio and you are ready to go? How about marketing? How is your schedule like? Let’s find out. We get into how it really is to be a personal training. It is actually a somewhat lean business. Big Time Dreams!

Have you ever wonder what it takes to be an actor? I’ve always wondered what it was like. I always thought it was tough to just say “I’m going to be a full time actor!”. Rob Wood is a full time actor going for his passion. He gives you some insight about how it is. What does he go through? What are some of the struggles? How do you make it work? All of that is coming up in this really interesting episode. Big Time Dreams!

Steve Stewart was an Internal Auditor that was commuting many hours a week. He got tired listening to the radio and found Podcast. That’s where his love for Podcast started. He is also part of a financial community called FinCon and started helping a few people edit and publish their money podcasts. Soon the demand got too much that he had to go full-time as a podcast editor. He goes into how his home-based business looks. I found that is a very easy business to start making some side money in. There is a lot of good stuff on this episode. Big Time Dreams!

Kurt Hutchinson has had many I.T. jobs over his career. He has done network administration, to systems engineer, help desk and everything in between. Tech jobs have always been one of the best paying, attractive jobs people like in the corporate world. Learn from Kurt’s experience on what is next in the I.T. industry. I tried at I.T. and did not really like it. Kurt does, so I want to find out why. He is currently at a Fortune 100 company in healthcare company, Centene.

Joe McCall is a real estate coach, international speaker, author and investor. He has tons of business systems in place that help him run and scale his businesses. I have followed Joe over the years with his “Real Estate Investing Mastery Podcast”. It has taught me many things in my business so what a great guest to have on the show! He has launched a handful of successful online courses. He wholesale houses and does lease options. He goes into all of these subjects for you so you can get an insight. There is so much to learn from this one. So let’s learn from my real estate idol, Joe McCall. www.JoeMcCall.com. Big Time Dreams!

What does Big Time Dreams mean? What am I trying to do with it? My lovely sister Rebecca Dao is interviewing me today. She is my biggest supporter so big shout out to her! We go into what I do in my real estate business. I am also getting into buying and selling raw land. I touch on that. This episode will give you more insight to my life now and what I am trying to accomplish. It was a super fun! Big Time Dreams!!

When I hear someone is a pastor, I usually think what was the “Big Calling” that made this person do this? To spend your whole career in a congregation seems tough to me. I always thought that if you are a pastor you have to love it right? You don’t do it for the money right? Pastor Jeremy Bedenbaugh is our guest today. He leads The Journey Church in St. Louis. He has to deal with the community issues, tragedies, mentoring the people that work in the church and more. Why would you want to be a Pastor? This is going to be an interesting one. Big Time Dreams!

You will learn a lot about online advertising today. David Cote is a military veteran that is now a full-time Social Media Manager. He helps businesses with social media and online sales. You can learn from his tips to increase your sales and likelihood of success. After working for a magazine selling ads, he started his own social media consultant company. He is really knowledgeable about FaceBook Ads, Click Funnels and more. Learn what FaceBook knows about us and use it to your advantage. You can use their data to target people that are more likely to love your product. For most small business through the thought process and upfront legwork you will need to succeed with your online marketing. I learned so much about online advertising on this one. You can too!

Two friends (Ozer Kocdemir and Kerry King) who met playing soccer decided to start a podcast about it. They want to bring the game to fans from all angles, not just scores and stats. They go into their love of the game. They have been at it for over a year now and working towards making it their full time jobs. They also recently went on a trip to Kenya to do a documentary about the sport. These guys are definitely passionate about soccer and their dreams. This was just a fun episode from some dudes that are definitely taking action on their goals. Check out their podcast at www.ozandking.com or search “Oz and King’s Football Podcast” wherever podcast are available. Big Time Dreams!!

Today, we have Linh Nguyen who works in Public Health. Public health is the health of a population, especially when monitored, regulated and promoted by the state. Linh is very passionate about social causes, making an impact and women’s rights. She will take you through what it took to finally get the job that she really loves. She now works at Johns Hopkins and is able to travel around the world. It is a very cool story from a young millennial that is fueled by passion rather than money. I know you will get something from this. Big Time Dreams!

Today we talk about how to be more creative. How to do you maximize creativity? I review a book called "Imagine: How Creativity Works" by Jonah Lehrer. The book breaks down a lot of studies and research about how people and corporations foster and/or boost creativity. You can learn from scientific research to help you boost your own creativity. It is not a "you are born with it" type of thing. Everyone has creativity in them. It is about working on it and putting yourself in the best position to maximize your results. Come learn for yourself, so you can achieve the creativity you want. Big Time Dreams!

Today we have Jerry Knoelke. He is a retired high school math teacher that saw blank stares from his students in math class. He came up with a method that can help people learn upper level math quicker. He says his uniform formula works across different subjects, such as Algebra, Probability and Calculus. He is hoping to change the game in mathematics universally. He wants this (PRESS) method to be in every school worldwide. The method basically breaks down a word problem and gets it into an equation that is ready to simplify or reduce. That is the best way I can explain it. Come find out about this simple formula that can help countless numbers of people to learn high-level math. He has a Masters in mathematics and teaching. Jerry Knoelke’s new book “Math is not Magic” is available at http://www.conquermath.center , Amazon and everywhere else books can be found. Big Time Dreams!

Today we have a Hard Money Lender named Shawn Greeves. He lends money to people that to fix and flip homes. Though the rates are higher, there is less qualifying. It is based on the after repair value and purchase price of the house. Shawn has a wealth of experience in lending and real estate game. He also goes into a story of a detour he took trying to be a poker dealer. I consider him a very successful person and have always wanted to meet him. He is also big into programming your subconscious mind for success. This is a great story, great personality and great lessons you can learn to help in your business and life. There is also a story in here where he makes $2 million dollars! You can also check him out at www.thegreevesmethod.com. Big Time Dreams!

Today’s episode is with Dave Ngo. He is a guy that was on track to be an engineer. He realized that he was not going to be happy doing that for long. He got a side gig bartending for a hotel bar and really enjoyed it. He started Bay Area Bartenders (www.bayareabartenders.com) not to long after that. After a few years, he was able to hire a full time assistant and things have taken off from there. He goes into his passions, challenges and his thought process behind the business. He also has a security firm that provides services to commercial buildings. There are a ton of lessons for people looking or starting their own business. This is a really cool story of an entrepreneur going for his dreams. Even, though his parents are still bugging him to get a “real job”. Big Time Dreams!

This episode is with singer and music teacher, Tracy Cruz. She had a love for music since pretty much the beginning of her life. She saw the joy it brought to the people around her. After going through a few majors in college, she decided to make it music. She started her own music teaching business. She now gets to do music as her job full time! She has flexible hours which really helps being a young mother. She is also promoting her own music and herself as an artist. You can find her at ww.tracycruzmusic.com. She will let you in on the joys and struggles in dealing with her career as a music teacher and musician. Tracy is truly doing her passion. Big Time Dreams!

Today I am dissecting a pair of books called “The Blue Zones of Happiness: Lessons from the World’s Happiest people" By by Dan Buettner. It is a book where he goes to the statistically happiest places on earth and tries to discover the insights on why these places are so much more happier than other places in the world. He also has a book called. "The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest. This book researches the people to actually live longest in the world. What are their habits? Why do they have less disease and more people that live to 100 years old? This episode has a lot of cool insights into living a longer and happier life. It is all from real data and researching these areas over many years. Let's do it. Big Time Dreams!