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The Awesome Bizdads Podcast

Awesome Bizdads have three characteristics that form a unique man in our world. First, they have the undeniable Entrepreneur gene. Second, they aspire to be awesome men, fathers, and husbands. Lastly, they believe in the creator skill and feel destined to teach this to their children – whether to support them in creating side-projects, charities or full-blown businesses. We want to give our kids the guts and the know-how to dream and realize those dreams. These individuals come together to form a community and movement, host Tuan Nguyen calls, The DudeBuddha Movement.

Through this weekly podcast, Tuan Nguyen connects with awesome bizdads all over the world as they share game-changing lessons and epic failures on fatherhood, self-care, business and relationships. If you feel the entrepreneurship spirit amplified even more since being a father, this is the place for you. DudeBuddhas know this is a life-long journey, not a destination. Ready? It’s AWESOME TIME!

Latest Episodes:

ABD11 - How To Teach Your Kids Entrepreneurship With BeachBuddha, Len Giancola Jan 29, 2018

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A dream come true for so many bizdads is that our kids understand the true essence behind entrepreneurship and the skills required to take an idea and run with it. Today's guest, Len Giancola, is truly a world-class example of running massively successful companies...with his wife...while being able to foster an environment that was foundational to his two girls launching very successful ventures themselves! This a very practical yet spiritually mind-blowing interview.

In this interviewed, some of the great lessons I learnt are:

How your family can be even stronger in hyper-growth mode! (I was torn between this and the current title of this interview!)
How early success can lead to the most profound and unexpected change in your life (this almost the other title!...i know...just awesome!)
How growing up shy doesn't mean you'll be walked all over in life (in case y'all got dem shy kids, like me!)
How to build a business around your goals with your family
How enjoying your life with your family can launch your true business
How to build a business WITH your wife
How to build a business WITH your kids!
How to talk about money with your kids
Ways to teach your kids entrepreneurship
How to maintain romance while running massively successful businesses
On that last note...what to do during a lovers' quarrel

About Len Giancola

Len Giancola has over 25 years of experience in Executive Management and Business Ownership. Formerly a Managing Director of Global Securities Finance in New York, responsible for a $16 billion trading portfolio, he is now the Owner/President/Board Member of over 25 corporations in the United States. With over $100 million in sales over the last decade from development, management and syndication companies, Len brings a wealth of knowledge and skills in building businesses, assisting startups and advising various organizations to achieve maximum efficiency and success. Of the many companies, my personal favourites are Vacation Rental Company - www.cinnamonbeachvacations.com. Launching our website, www.Successbeach.com - where Len and his daughters offer an online training program that supports fellow bizdads in teaching kids how to build and grow towards a purpose life with financial freedom... and the soon-to-be-launched...POT.COM, this spring, which will become the top global destination portal for the cannabis industry. Leanna has launched her Profit Playbook Coaching Program, Coaching kids ages 5-15 on growing confidence and creating, increasing and multiplying income.

Contact Len:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbv.homes
Email: lengiancola@gmail.com

ABD10 - How To Slow Down To The Speed Of Life For Greater Success At Home And In Business With ServiceBuddha, Devon Bandison Jan 22, 2018

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Whether running a business or building a business on the side, we often get stuck going at "ludicrous speed" (courtesy of Spaceballs movie!) and we get disconnected to ourselves and everyone around us. We go from hustling to hiding behind the hustle. Our guest today, Devon Bandison, aka ServiceBuddha, shares with us how he now travels more than ever before and yet, is spending more time with his kids more than ever before...yet his business is booming. He does this by slowing down to the speed of light. But knowing where he came from, people typically do not think this would be possible. Check out this interview, learn his story, his struggles and his awesome lessons….and I'm quite certain you will walk away with life-changing lessons.

In this I interview, I learnt:

How fatherhood is the number accolade for any dude.
The connection between fatherhood and leadership
The awesomeness that comes with being a bizdad
How to overcome the challenges of not having a great father figure growing up
How to get from a scarcity mindset to a more abundant mindset
The problem behind time management and how to solve it
How to deal with the tough times of divorce
The mindset to have when dealing with children during divorce (loved what Devon said here!)

About Devon

Devon "The Connector" Bandison was born and raised in NYC and shares the same energetic heartbeat, big personality and commitment to excellence as his hometown. Devon is a high performance coach and speaker who's committed to individuals and organizations that want to maximize their potential in areas of leadership, productivity, fatherhood, and work-life satisfaction. His highly sought after seminars and workshops help organizations, individuals, and teams increase employee performance, motivation, engagement, and retention.

Devon's signature talk "The Most Important Question A Father Can Ask Himself" has gained national recognition and was a featured TED Talk at TEDx Boca Raton in March 2015.

Devon earned his Master of Public Administration and holds a B.A. in Psychology. He has over 15 years of experience creating and delivering nationally recognized community programs providing professionals, fathers, youth and families with the tools to become more effective leaders. He has served on various city and statewide councils, committees and organizations that produce grants for non-for profit organizations and improve service delivery.

Adversity has served as his greatest teacher, molding him into the modern leader and loving father he is today. His mother and grandparents raised Devon when his parents divorced in early childhood. His world became shaped and influenced by internalizing the pain of divorce and an absent father who was addicted to drugs; staying on course for success while growing up proved to be challenging.

However, as a young father a shift in perspective and a decision to choose growth over victimization transformed Devon's life. He began the road to recovering his true self. His keynotes and seminars connect these real life experiences to the power of transformation. Often called "The Connector" because of his unique ability to connect the dots for others, Devon shows participants how they can transform their own challenges into a legacy of leadership, meaning and purpose.

Devon believes that "Fatherhood is Leadership and Leadership is Influence." He often says, "Like leadership, fatherhood is not about a position or a title, but rather the opportunity to model for others effective leadership and create a living legacy." Devon currently lives in NYC and is a loving father to his three children. His children inspire him daily to create and live his own legacy of leadership.

Resources

Website: www.devonbandison.com

Podcast: Fatherhood is Leadership Podcast

ABD9 - How Allowing Your Kids See You Fail Can Strengthen Your Relationship, Success And Health with ResilientBuddha, Rob Lane Jan 15, 2018

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Have you or are you facing a business failure that is starting to show up in your work and your relationships with your family and truly, with yourself. In this interview, Rob Lane, his moments where he faced some serious challenges while running both already super successful businesses as well as failing opportunities.

Among many amazing nuggets about addressing failure, I also learnt:

How Rob quit the corporate world to pursue a start up for a better life!
How people truly learn via experiences
How to show your kids how to pick themselves up
How working through things together with your wife/partner is important
His one question he asks himself every morning that guides the choices he makes
His thoughts on participation medals
The importance of leaving your kids alone (sometimes!)
Where Rob gets his hard work ethics from (I know..that is poor grammar!)
What to do when the signs of stress begin to get brighter!
How to maintain a connection with your wife
The importance of showing that the entrepreneur path is not normal...but it's also not a bad thing. That it can be awesome.

About Rob Lane

Rob is the CEO of RareLogic, a high growth SaaS marketing business which delivers significant ROI increases on the marketing investments of eCommerce online merchants. Its products include smart email that utilizes analytics and machine learning to make predictions about which products to offer clients and timing of those offers, customer segmentation applications for more effective targeting of clients and customer verification application to ensure the end customers receives the correct message.

The company is venture backed and operates in over 50 countries. Prior to RareLogic, Rob co-founded MyMusic, Inc, a consumer-focused music experience on a mission to be the best place to find, discover, and share everything that makes an online music experience fresh, exciting, and unique. This was sold privately to a French multinational company.

Lastly, Rob co-founded Overlay.TV Inc., an interactive video technology for retail/ecommerce which brought to market a technology that made products/items within online video, clickable. He attracted global companies Zappos, Disney, Warner Music, JC Penney, Macy's to the company client list!

Resources:

Website: www.rare.io

LinkedIN: Rob Lane

ABD8 - The Importance Of Congruency At Home And At Work - with ImpactBuddha, Yuri Elkaim Jan 08, 2018

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Happy new year to you all! Hope your holidays were as nuts and loving as mine! Filled with rambucious, lovers' quarrels and laughter!

Now...I wanted to start the very first show in 2018 with someone wh has done it all. Of course, a bizdad that came from job dissatisfaction..or really, what I call purpose degradation...which is when you feel the most important of you,, your destiny, your calling… slowly fading away...and you know… you gotta do something about it.

He's been through some serious health challenges through all this, he's crushing it right now..like CRUSHING IT! But this is just the tip of the icebery. The real value here is what Yuri has learnt as he focuses on being an awesome dad and how it transports into having a company and leading a team. One of them is about congruency. What you do versus what you say. It's amazing how congruency and consistency impacts how we connect, inspire and move ourselves, family members and our team at work.

In addition to this awesome lesson, I also learnt include:

How kids are essential life's best daily personal development seminar
A real life transition of job to business to finding the best way to work from home
Some simple rules to ensure presence and connection with your kids
How to talk about and handle money with your kids
Several important steps to start a business while having a job and then going full-time
How fatherhood makes him a stronger entrepreneur

About Yuri

He's a husband, father of 3 boys and an exceptional entrepreneur! He is the founder of Yuri Elkaim Health and Fitness Brands and most recently, founder of HeatlhPreneur Group, committed to serving visionary health and fitness entrepreneurs who are serious about expanding their reach, growing their online platform, with a massive goal of collectively impacting 1 billion people in this world while building a more profitable and sustainable business.

It gets better. He's a New York Times Best-Seller, Wall Street Journal Best Seller and USA Today Best Seller...no small feat...which of course leads to being featured on the Dr. Oz Show, AskMen and so many other health and men's related media channels.

Resources

yurielkaim.com

healthpreneurgroup.com

ABD7 - Learn The Four Steps To Travelling The World With Your Family - With Travelling Buddha, Ricky Shetty Dec 25, 2017

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Are you a father who has a desire to travel the world with your family. Our guest today, Ricky Shetty, unloaded his successful, yet location-dependent business in order to travel the world with his family and he shares his 4 steps on how to do it while sustaining yourself.

Among many amazing things on travelling, some other lessons I've learnt include:

The impact of suburbia on a bizdad with at least..the travel bug!
How a single choice determines going deeper into depression or living life fully
The challenges and process of letting go
The mind-blowing lesson Ricky learnt about the materials we own
Life is short, the world is big. Why wait to travel? (social post-able!)
When do we know the timing is perfect…
How to incorporate date nights during travel

About Ricky

Ricky Shetty is the owner and operator of Daddy Blogger, where he writes about parenting from a father's perspective with a big emphasis on family travel with young kids. Currently, Ricky and his family are on a 1 year Round-The-World Trip visiting Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Central America.

Ricky Shetty was born on Feb 12, 1977 at Richmond General Hospital in Vancouver, Canada. He grew up in North Vancouver attending Lynnmour Elementary School and Windsor High School and then graduated with a BA in Psychology from the University of British Columbia (UBC). In his early 20s, Ricky developed a passion for adventure and travel after living in London, England and backpacking around Europe.

After University, Ricky went to Tokyo, Japan to teach English (hence, the "tokyoricky" username on his email and various Social Media platforms). After Japan, Ricky traveled through several countries in Asia for 2 years before arriving in Sydney, Australia to study Theology at Hillsong Bible College. Ricky did both a Bungee Jump and a Skydive in New Zealand to satisfy his passion for adventure!

In 2008, Ricky returned to Vancouver, Canada where he worked as an ESL Teacher in Downtown. In 2010, Ricky met the love of his life, Anne, on the Greeting Team at Coastal Church. He planned and orchestrated one of the biggest proposals in Vancouver history with a huge flash mob at YVR as Anne arrived home from the Philippines. The proposal made the Front Page of The Province.

They got married on the beautiful Wedding Yacht on Canada Day (July 1, 2011) and had an incredible honeymoon cruise to Alaska. On May 16, 2012, their beautiful baby daughter Dianne was born at St Paul's Hospital. Ricky launched his website Daddy Blogger on Dec 1, 2012 at midnight with the purpose being to change the world…one dad at a time. On Nov 2, 2013, Ricky & Anne's son Ryan was born at BC Women's Hospital. On May 5, 2016, their third child Renzo was born at Burnaby General Hospital.

Ricky is the Amazon Best-Selling author of a book about fatherhood called "Wisdom From Daddies" which was released globally on Father's Day (Sunday, June 16, 2013). The book contains the collective wisdom of over 100 dads from around the world on issues that every dad faces during their journey through fatherhood.

Ricky used to produce a series of Conferences, Workshops, and Events in Vancouver, Canada about Social Media, Blogging, and Internet Marketing. However, in late 2016, Ricky and his family decided to follow their passion to travel the world. On Dec 6, 2016 they started their 1 year Round-The-World Trip that will take them to Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America, and Central America.

Ricky is happy to do speaking engagements, media interviews, book signings, press trips, and product reviews. We are major social media and blog influencers who practice lifestyle marketing (promoting your companies products and services through everyday lifestyle pictures and videos).

Resouces

Website: www.daddyblogger.com

Email: ricky@daddyblogger.com

Podcast mentions

"Extra pack of peanuts"
Zero to Travel
An Epic Education
Nomad together

ABD6 - The dangers of being hyper-focused on success and how establishing rhythms can solve it with Jim Sheils - EducationBuddha Dec 18, 2017

Show notes

How did, an already successful man, who just wanted to better connect with his step kids end up building a company around this very purposeful goal into one that helps many of the top entrepreneurs in the world connect deeper with their kids.

Jim Sheils founded and grew The Family Board Meeting concept out of this mission and he shares invaluable lessons from his own journey as a man in his 20s to his 40s - how we evolved in business and at home. Truly a remarkable interview! Here are just a few nuggets I learnt from this interview.

How kids are catalyst to bizdads being both more conservative yet more aggressive in other ways!
The drive and ambition to do well for you and your family often starts off well-intentioned.. But then the hyperfocus on "success" ends up creating a disconnect with the people we love. We look up and then things are suddenly awkward...
Learn how to teach from failing forward
I know I've made progress..but it's lifelong
The importance of rhythm over balance and habit
What is date night with a question!?
The simplicity of a walk
The immense power of a board meeting
Discusses the expectations we put on ourselves (this part was mind-blowing for me)
Look for possibility not opportunity
The importance of staying true to your highest core values when in a lovers' quarrel
How you change in your 20's, your 30's and then 40s and on…
A cool game to talk about "that taboo subject" with the kids!
Common problem is sooo men are hyperfocused on growth, and then they go down the road and suddenly realize all those close to them don't even know them anymore...despite this entire journey had good intentions

About Jim Sheils

Jim Sheils is known as the "Crazy Glue" for entrepreneur families. His popular "Board Meeting" strategy and other simple frameworks are helping thousands of business leaders worldwide reconnect where it counts most: at home. His firm, Family Board Meetings, LLC specializes in retreats, workshops, and private consulting for entrepreneurs looking to strengthen their family lives while still succeeding in business. Jim's ability to build immediate trust and create consistent results for his clients (and their children) has given him the opportunity to work with top organizations around the world including EO, YPO, Gathering of Titans, Mastermind Talks, Harvard University and several top companies including Advisors Excel, Keller Williams and more.

Jim has also become a leader in the movement to improve the education system for our children. Sharing his own family's journey into alternative education and the creation of his "Education Matrix", Jim shows parents how to get involved in their children's education without feeling overwhelmed and to ensure their kids are receiving the most important lessons rarely taught in school.

Resources

Website: www.jimsheils.com

Phone: Call (888) 908-4879

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ABD5 - The Power Of Transparency At Work And Home With Scott Law - SmileBuddha Dec 04, 2017

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Imagine a dental practice with a karaoke room. Well, Dr. Scott Law did just that and that is just an example of how awesome and brilliant of a bizdad he is. (is that even grammatically correct!?) Here are a few things I've learnt from our chat!

** balance of giving them what they need and giving them the space to find their own way

** raising your kids with the proper amount of neglect

** The CLOTHING challenge

** Why Scott decided to start homeschooling

** A major lesson Scott learned from his hardworking father about how to be a good boss and leader

** The power of transparency within a company and at home...and how lives can change because of it.

** The importance of a workspace that you love and karaoke!

** The importance of culture and mission statements at home and work...and aligning hearts

** Where does marriage rank in the relationships within family!?

Learn more about Scott Law

Dr. Scott Law, aka SmileBuddha, is a wet fingered orthodontist charged with overseeing the clinical processes and responsibilities as the Chief Clinical Officer for Smile Doctors, an orthodontist owned orthodontic group. After completing residency at Jacksonville University School of Orthodontics in 2009, he and his wife Jessica purchased a small practice from a retiring orthodontist in Killeen, Texas.

Using techniques based on customer service, fun, empowerment and excellence they grew that location to one of the largest practices in the U.S.. Looking out on the horizon in 2015 and seeing the threats and opportunities facing orthodontics, they decided to scale their business based on the principle of Love On People First. In 2015 Scott partnered with Dr. Dana Fender and CEO Scotte Hudsmith to form Smile Doctors with has grown throughout the US currently with over 100 orthodontics only practices.

RESOURCES

Website: www.smiledoctors.com

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ABD4 - How To NOT Over-Orchestrate Your Children's Lives With Shane Parrish - BookBuddha Dec 04, 2017

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Can your hobby turn into a full-time business? Without its complete intention, Shane Parrish made this happen. But it wasn't easy and he shares, in this interview, some great lessons around business, fatherhood and self-care that can be a game-changer for you! Here are some of the things I learnt from the interview:

** How a hobby turned into a full-time business

** The lesson from losing track of what was important

** Learn about what is...or is NOT work-life balance

** The importance of hiring and investing up front

** The good old opportunity cost (TUAN says.. Opportunity GAIN)

** How was education gone too niche

** How too many are over-orchestrating the life of our kids

** The truth behind the intention of "making up" time with our kids

** Difference between kids experiencing pain and discomfort

** What is non-linear growth

About Shane

Shane Parrish, aka BookBuddha, is the founding partner of Syrus Partners, a holding company that acquires and operates businesses in North America. Before Syrus, Shane worked as an executive in the Canadian government, where he led the creation and execution of key cyber-defense initiatives. His passion project, a website called Farnam Street, documents "the best of what others have already figured out" and gets over 1 million page views per month. Shane has appeared in many publications including Entrepreneur, WSJ, Forbes, Globe and Mail, and Financial Times.

Resources

www.farnamstreet.com

Twitter: twitter @farnamstreet

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ABD3 - Leaving A Good Job To Start A Business To Get More Family Time With Babak Azad - EnduranceBuddha Dec 04, 2017

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Babak Azad shows us how one can show up as oneself. Real deal. Straight up...and ready to share not only the wins in his life...but also epic failures we can all relate to and learn from! Here are some lessons I learnt from this brave share by Babak!

** how children has impact what is truly important

** The thought pattern when considering to leave a job

** Steps required to transition out of a job and into entrepreneurship

** How opportunity is never JUST delivered to you. So what do you have to do?

** Milestones/goals versus process

** What you need to build if you're going to go on your own

** The myth of having control

** How Babak got comfortable and also believed in being transparent and vulnerable

** The importance to just sitting down and talk through things

** The desire to affect your future in the most intentional way

** The evolution of masculinity, fatherhood and how they are connected

** Learn about Mindset of Freedom vs Toys

About Babak

Babak, aka EnduranceBuddha, is the former SVP of Media & Customer Acquisition at Beachbody where he helped to 10x the business from an already-substantial $100 million in revenues to over $1 billion in revenues when he left in 2015. Now Babak works with brands building their performance marketing campaigns and business. Typically working with e-commerce subscription businesses over $20 million in revenues, who want to accelerate the next stage of their company's growth.

Resources

Website: www.babkazad.com

Emai: babak@babakazad.com

Social media: @babakazad

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ABD2 - The True Path Toward Leaving A Legacy With Trefor Munn-Venn - ConnectionBuddha Dec 04, 2017

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If you've been waiting for the right message worded in just the right away to hit you where you need to be hit, then this is the interview for you! Trefor Munn-Venn drops some seriously well-articulated knowledge bombs and truly speaks to what this show is all about! Fatherhood, entrepreneurship, masculinity, relationships and self-care. In this show, I learnt:

** Understanding who is truly counting on you

** Stealing time and dealing with consequences

** How crisis is mostly ego...and how we want to avoid it

** Subscribing to your own lessons

** How Trefor went from 100 hours to 50 hours a week..cold turkey

** How leaving your home stuff at home is bullshit

** The true impact of feeling a disconnect with your child or wife…

** The real reason why business owners feel lonely

** What is the greatest INHERITANCE we pass onto our children

** What happened when Trefor reached out to his business partner and brother for help…

** How to reconnect with your family

** How people are when you are early in your jounrey...and how they are when your are close to reaching your goals...and what matters about this

** A few questions to ask yourself knowing you only have one shot at life

** Consequences of being a passive dad (simple, yet mind-blowing!!)

** The difference between connecting and in connection!

** The idea of moments

Trefor Munn-Venn, aka ConnectionBuddha, is the Co-Founder of Rhapsody Strategies, a company that works with leaders and organizations across North America and internationally to transform their performance. As a trained and certified professional business coach, he has worked with some of the most innovative and challenging organizations in the world, including the G8, APEC, the Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, the African Union and many others. Previously, Trefor held the position of Director, National Security & Public Safety for The Conference Board of Canada. Trefor is also one of a handful of Canadians to win a Webby Award — the Oscars of the Internet.

Resources

Learn more about Trefor and Rhapsody Strategies

www.rhapsodystrategies.com

Email: trefor@rhapsodystrategies.com

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