Stephen Warley describes himself as "happily unemployable" after nearly 20 years of working for himself when the dotcom bubble and the 2008 recession disrupted his career and the broadcast industry forever. 

Stephen has recognized and distilled a discreet set of unchangeable human characteristics that are rarely emphasized in traditional settings.  Stephen helps clients build new businesses and prepare for the future of work by focusing on the life skills that matter.

In this episode, we discuss the three most important life skills and how they work together to future-proof any business. Stephen identifies the four learning curves that happen simultaneously when learning how to work for yourself.

Learn how Stephen's 30 day accelerator program can help you transition from traditional employment to self-employment, launch your business idea or help you get traction if your new business is struggling.

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Stephen makes a convincing case that there are three critical skills that have helped humans adapt to an ever-changing landscape of work throughout history. 

There has never been a more important time to identify and develop these skills.

• self awareness
• curiosity
• connection

• Visit Stephen's website, Life Skills That Matter, for tools, information and to learn more about Stephen's 30 day accelerator.
• Discover the first 5 action steps toward self-employment here: https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/get-started-now/
• I highly recommend Stephen's podcast also called "Life Skills That Matter".
• Find out when Stephen's new book, "The Only Work Left" is published.
• Connect with Stephen on Twitter and LinkedIn.

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Matt McWilliams is one of the best examples of a spinoff success that I've come across. Matt leveraged his own business and marketing experience to help content creators and online entrepreneurs like Brian Tracy, Michael Hyatt, Ray Edwards, Lewis Howes and Jeff Goins grow their audience and promote their products. Now he teaches creators and business owners on and offline how to leverage affiliate programs and deploy other online business tools.

We talked for over an hour but Matt delivered so much value that I broke it into two parts.

In part 1 of our interview, Matt shares his fascinating back story and describes how he helps businesses grow using affiliates.

Tune in to part 2 next week where Matt shares in-depth information on choosing an affiliate model, how to figure out what your audience will buy and how he repurposes content for maximum reach and endless relevance.

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Matt taught himself marketing and basic business principles when he helped run and promote his family's golf school. You'll learn how he continued to acquire and stack his skills in many different ways to assist other business owners and content creators and build a successful business of his own.

• golf
• direct marketing
• basic web design
• basic SEO and keyword research
• customer service
• online marketing
• sales
• copy writing
• email marketing
• negotiation
• basic business contract terms

• Visit Matt's Website to check out everything he's up to.
• Get the free Quickstart Guide to making affiliate income online (without a product of your own).
• Go to "First 100" to learn where to find the right affiliates to run an affiliate program for your product, service or business.
• I highly recommend The Affiliate Guy Podcast.
• Checkout Matt's Youtube Channel, AffiliateGuy.TV
• Connect with Matt on Twitter.

Connect with me on Twitter, facebook and Instagram 

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Beth Phillips, your host, explains what to expect in future episodes and how they will help you discover monetizable skills and talents that you might be overlooking or taking for granted.

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