Devina Kaur is a fun-loving, flamboyant, straight-talking author, entrepreneur, filmmaker and inspirational speaker.

Born and raised in rural India, she fought to reconcile her traditional upbringing with her ambitions.

After a lifetime of being told she was too fat, too loud and too ambitious, her world fell apart in her 30s when her arranged marriage ended.

Thirty years of desperately trying to be the person everyone else wanted had resulted in loneliness, depression and confusion. While looking for purpose and meaning, Devina embarked on a journey of self-discovery that led her to start the Sexy Brilliant Global Revolution.

Jen Sincero is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, success coach and motivational cattle prod who’s helped countless people transform their personal and professional lives via her products, speaking engagements, newsletters, seminars and books.

Her #1 New York Times bestseller, You Are a Badass®: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life (2013), has sold well over two million copies, is available in twenty-plus languages, and continues to grow in popularity around the globe.

Her follow-up, You Are a Badass® at Making Money: Master the Mindset of Wealth (2017), also a New York Times bestseller, is written with the same inimitable sass, down-to-earth humor and blunt practicality that made You Are a Badass® an indomitable bestseller and Jen a celebrated voice in the world of self development.

If you're building a brand either as a blogger or in the podcast space, then interviewing people that are celebrities in your space is a necessity.

This episode features a talk that I gave at Podfest 2017 about how to not only reach top level guests, but then to also book them to be guests on your podcast.

I don’t even know where to start with today’s guest, it seems like whatever she decides to do, she does it at a world-class level.

Lilian Garcia was a host and singer for WWE of over 15 years, has over 2.5 million fans on social media, has had a single hit the Billboard top 100, as well as doing amazing work with Susan G Komen for a Cure.

She’s also the host of the iTunes top rated podcast Chasing Glory.

Michael Woodward is the founder and CEO of jumbleThink. He and his team have built over 400 websites and web applications for small local businesses, international non-profit organizations, and Fortune 100 corporations. He has worked on projects for California Community Colleges, Crowdstrike, and Duarte.

Michael has also consulted with hundreds of other businesses through the Small Business Development Center at Butte College along with teaching courses on web design / development and marketing strategies. In 2018 he was name an Icon of Influence by The New Media Summit.

His passion is to help individuals and businesses make their dreams attainable through creative thinking / idea formation and strategy. Michael is married to Jennifer Woodward and father to Lucy and Lily.  He and his family currently reside in Boiling Springs PA.  His passions include New York City (specifically Manhattan), playing and building guitars, running, reading, and dreaming big.

Kale Panoho is a digital marketer, personal trainer and growth hacker in the startup and health industry. After leaving his role in a rapidly growing start up, he has merged his sales and management experience to launch a shared business, Central Fitness.

Graduating from Otago Polytechnic in exercise prescription and currently studying biochemistry at the University of Otago he is using these experiences to consult with startups and clients in the health and fitness space.

Nick Mitchell, is the CEO of Ultimate Performance (UP), the world’s only global personal training facilities with 12 locations in 8 different countries, with the newest location in Los Angeles, CA.  

Amazon Bestselling author and frequent columnist in Muscle & Fitness, Men’s Fitness and Men’s Health, it’s no surprise that Nick Mitchell has been hailed as one of the world’s leading body composition experts.

Cullen Haskins started his first business at just 10 years old because he wanted to acquire a pair of air jordans.

Working for two companies in his early 20’s and learning that his father wouldnt be able to retire. He went in to business for himself at 24 and never looked back.

Cullen has been able to create freedom for himself and others and has shared the age with such visionaries as T. Harv Ecker, Rock Thomas and previous CYOL guest Dennis Franks.

Gregg Clunis is a content creator and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Tiny Ventures, LLC, where he is focused on creating the education, tools, and resources to help everyday people improve their lives.

He's the host of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, a top-ranked self-help podcast that makes personal development simple.

Gregg is passionate about understanding why people do the things they do, utilizing design thinking to solve complex problems, and sharing his personal experiences with others in the hopes of having a positive influence.

Uninspired & Overwhelmed proved to become Cathlene Miner’s greatest asset as she embarked on a powerful journey of healing and thriving from the inside out. Now heralded as #1 Best Selling Author of The 30 Day Self Perception Makeover!  

Public Speaker, Fitness Expert & Coach, and President of Non-Profit Helping Handbags, USA, Inc., Cathleen is changing lives and organizations for the better.  

She’s also President of Helping Handbags, USA where she collects once loved handbags, fills them with necessities and donates them to women that are staying in shelters and are getting back on their feet again.

GANON BAKER is regarded as one of the premiere basketball skill trainers in the World.

Ganon trains players from the NBA, NCAA, high school and middle school levels. His relentless passion, work ethic, and competency for the game has the respect of players and coaches all over the World. Since June 2001, Baker has been traveling all over the Globe impacting the game of basketball. He has been to 45 countries and counting working with players and coaches on their game.

NBA and WNBA players crave his knowledge and energy for getting them better. Ganon has worked with and shared the court with Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Chris Paul, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and many more

Persistence: (Noun) firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition.

Persistence is the single biggest trait of the most successful.

What are you doing to become more persistent in 2019?

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At just 23, Adi Arezzini created Teami in her mother’s bedroom. She saw Teami as a way to help people become healthier and happier, with teas to solve everyday issues.

Today, Adi has since grown the lifestyle tea brand to include tea-infused beauty oils and green tea mask + scrub. Teami is quickly outgrowing their 13,000 square foot office-warehouse hybrid located in Seminole, Florida and is sold nationally at Ulta Beauty, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie, Riley Rose, Revolve Beauty, Francesca’s, Vitamin World, Lucky Vitamin and so many more!