Back in February 2009, I interviewed Tee Morris, author of Podcasting for Dummies and Expert Podcasting Practices for Dummies. During our interview Tee mentioned his seminar and workshop tour of New Zealand.

I thought it would be a great idea, if we did a follow up interview with Tee on the success of his tour.

So, making a very welcome return to the show today, is in fact, Tee Morris.

On today’s show however, he is not alone! Joining Tee, is Philippa Ballantine.

Philippa is an author, podcaster, and social media enthusiast. Tee and Philippa have worked together extensively now for several years. They are currently working on some projects together. Philippa has being actively involved with the organizing of Tee’s New Zealand tour.

During our interview we consider:

1.Tee’s seminar and workshop tour
2.Projects that Tee & Pip are working on
[ Erotica a la carte; Books 'n' Braun; i-Phone apps w/AppEngines.com ]
3.Some of the work Philippa has done over the years
[ Weatherchild; Chasing the Bard ]
4.The release of two new books by Tee Morris
[ ALL A TWITTER; Teach Yourself Twitter in Ten Minutes ]
5.What the future holds for Social Media and why individuals and companies need to embrace it!

Note: ALL A TWITTER can be pre ordered from Amazon.com. Go to Amazon.com, type in the search box ALL A TWITTER, and it will come back in the results allowing you to pre-order it. The pre-order price is guaranteed at $13.59. The regular price will be $19.99. So by pre-ordering the book now, you’re making a saving of 32%. So order your copy today, right after the show.

For more details about Tee Morris’ Tour, visit http://www.imaginethatstudios.com. Also, you can visit the official website of Philippa Ballantine here:
http://www.pjballantine.com.

Bob Burg shares information on topics vital to the success of today’s business person. He speaks for corporations and associations internationally, including Fortune 500 companies, franchises, and numerous direct sales organizations.

From Zig Ziglar to Robert Kiyosaki; from Brian Tracy to Seven Habits’ Dr. Stephen Covey, from CNN’s Larry King to the late former U.S. President Gerald Ford, Bob has shared the platform with some of speaking’s biggest legends, celebrities and leaders.

He is perhaps best-known for his book “Endless Referrals: Network Your Everyday Contacts Into Sales” which has thus far sold well over 175,000 copies and is still going strong.

His newest book (coauthored with John David Mann), is entitled, The Go-Giver. A business parable that both touches hearts and builds bigger bank accounts, it shot to number 6 on the Wall Street Journal Business Bestsellers list just three weeks after its release. It’s also Bob’s fourth book to top the 100,000 mark in sales.

Bob is a staunch advocate, supporter and defender of the Free Enterprise system, believing that the amount of money one makes is directly proportional to how many people they serve. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Safe Harbor, which is the Humane Society of Jupiter, Florida.

During our interview, Bob will share with us the 5 Laws of “The Go-Giver.” To learn more about Bob Burg, visit his official website: http://www.burg.com.

Tana is currently in high-demand as an inspirational speaker, business development facilitator, and success coach worldwide. Tana has summed up what she does in eight short words - “I help people attract success into their lives”.

As I mentioned in the introduction, Tana came to the attention of a worldwide audience through her appearance on Season 3 of The Apprentice USA. She was also a Top Achiever in the network marketing company Mary Kay Cosmetics. While doing all of this, Tana is also a mother of two children.

Let’s take each of these elements one by one, and discover what makes Tana Goertz, Tana Goertz!

To learn more about Tana, visit her website: www.heytana.com

Ronald Earl Wilsher spent almost a decade in the Real Estate field but has now turned his full attention to his true passion and that’s helping others live their destiny. He’s a Serial Optimist, Speaker, Author, Personal Brand Manager and Social Media Enthusiast.

He’s also a TrueBeliever and HopeDealer! He helps people make more money (and have more fun!) by building and developing their own personal BRAND. Most importantly, he helps people develop the courage to be themselves. He has a son named Jacob Ellis and resides near Austin, Texas with his beautiful and amazing wife Sherry Lee.

In the introduction there, I mentioned the word BRAND, and that’s a term or phrase we usually associate with either a product or service etc. But in today’s interview with Ron, we want to re-define that term by making it more personal, and applying it to ourselves and how we can build and develop ourselves as a personal brand.

To learn more about Ronald Wilsher, personal branding, and the services his company provides, visit : http://www.ronaldwilsher.com. You can also email Ron at, ronald@ronaldwilsher.com.

For more details about my talk show visit Coach Ian Scott’s Official website: http://www.coachianscott.com.

First of all, I have to say, that our self-image or personal perception plays a big role in influencing our lives. The way you view yourself, can either move you forward in life, or it can immobilize you completely – it’s that powerful!

You will either feel empowered or dis-empowered based solely on how you view yourself. The self-image is a major player when it comes to success in life. Today, I want to share with you information you may not have ever been aware of about yourself, and how a persons self image is developed.

So, lets take a trip back in time. Lets go right back to when we were very young children. Those were the days when we were inexperienced in life. We had no experience of the wider world and its functions. We had little experience in dealing with life’s situations. So we were really at the mercy of others!

We had authority figures who molded and shaped our little world. People like our parents, teachers, relatives etc. These all played key roles in our early development. And because these individuals were “older and wiser” than ourselves, we believed everything they told us. And why would’nt we? We did’nt have any knowledge or experience at the time, with which to compare or validate what we were being told – especially about ourselves!

And that really is the crux of todays topic – the things we were told about ourselves by others!

There is a proverb in the Bible which says: “The inexperienced one, puts faith in every word.” So there we have authority figures saying things to young children, which at the time could have been offensive, derogatory, sarcastic etc, and their young minds soaked up what they were told like a sponge! They accepted what they were told, because they believed that whatever they were told, must be right, because it came from someone who had more knowledge and experience than themselves.

So as young children, we were all at a disadvantage to begin with. We accepted as gospel anything we were told – and as I said, we especially accepted what we were told about ourselves.

For example: how many times must a child have heard the word “no”, more than “yes”? How many times must a child have been told they were “stupid” or “dumb”? What about as they were growing up, they had an idea to do something, and then put down with the standard: “You can’t do that!”.

If you were to survey people about their childhood experiences, in most cases, they were probably the most negative and traumatic of times; and the most frustrating of times, simply because we did not have the skills and experience to respond and deal with the situations effectively.

Some people reading this article, may have had a better childhood than others. But the information presented here, can help you to be aware of how others have been affected by their childhood experiences, can help you guard against negative input in your own offspring if you have children; and can help everyone understand how the self-image is developed. It will also make you aware, if you have a poor self-image, why the affects of the past, carry over into adulthood, and therefore influence your level of success in life.

How then, is the self-image developed?

As we mentioned earlier, the self-image is developed over time, from our earliest of experiences in life. It is created through the interactions we had with our parents, relatives, teachers etc. It has it’s foundation initially, based on what other people told us about ourselves, and the experiences we had.

To try and illustrate this, I want you to think of a time from your past. Did you have any experiences that caused fear, rejection, or any other experience that affects you today?

An example from my own life, might help you to better understand the point.

Many years ago, I went to the swimming baths with my Father. For a moment, he took is focus away from me, and I went under the water. That experience as stayed with me all my life, I hate being near water. To this day, I cannot swim – because of that event.

Now in peoples lives, there are numerous experiences that they’ve had, that create similar results for them.

You might be wondering, why do those incidents have such a powerful impact upon us?

If you did recall something from your past, as I mentioned, you may have noticed that you experienced the same emotions or feelings, as you re-lived the event in your mind. That’s because every memory and experience you have, is stored within your nervous system, and subconscious mind. And its the subconscious mind that is the Master when it comes to the self-image.

When you have read this entire article, I want you to go back to the exercise of recalling some events and experiences that you had in your life, and just notice how you feel when you recall them. You will have the same or similar feelings associated with the past event. I want you to have this experience, so that you can connect with what I am saying. I want you to prove to yourself that what I am saying is true and sound.

Now, lets get to why it is, that we have those feelings, and why they are so strong and influence us so deeply, when the event exists in the past.

It all goes back to our childhood again. The answer resides in the subconscious mind as I said, and specifically the brain development.

As we develop in childhood, so do our brain waves. There is a structure to them. At a very early age, our brain waves are at the Delta range of brain wave frequency. This is where deep sleep is – and that’s why babies spend most of their time sleeping. After the Delta range, there is Theta, then Alpha, and finally Beta. That’s the range we operate in during our waking hours.

Back in the early 1940s, there was much research done on brain activity and development. It was discovered, that the Alpha range, was the brain frequency that allowed an Hypnotist, for example, to reach the subconscious mind. This is the range in brain activity, where the mind is most open to suggestion!

It is knowing this specific information, that helps us to understand why past experiences and events, still have a powerful hold over people, even though the initial event was many years in the persons past. It is of particular interest too, that researchers have discovered that our most influential years, were between the ages of 7 – 14. Those were the times when we were most susceptible to the influence, and input from other people around us.

Does this mean, that our self-image is rigid, stuck or fixed, and cannot be changed? Thankfully, the answer is “no”. It is not fixed, and “yes,” it can be changed. In fact, if you listen to Season 1 Episode # 7, entitled: 9 Easy Steps to Boost Self-Esteem, you’ll be given a nine step process that will assist you to make any improvements you may think are necessary for you, or anyone else that you think might benefit from the information.

I have only skimmed the surface of the subject of success and the self-image in this article.

My purpose in this article, was to make people aware, in very simple terms, how the self-image is created, and what influences its development. Also, to make people aware of why past experiences still linger so strongly.

I hope that you have enjoyed this article, and that you’ll share it with others!

Darryl Duncan is a veteran of the mainstream music industry. As a staff writer for Warner Brothers and A&M records, Darryl worked with some top industry artists including Jeffrey Osborne, Chaka Khan, Michael Jackson, Shanice Wilson, R. Kelly and many others. Darryl is an accomplished sound designer and award winning composer and producer. After having started the audio department at Electronic Arts Florida and working for them for 3 years, Darryl left to form Game Beat Studios in 1998.

Today then, Darryl is the President & CEO of Game Beat Studios, an award winning music production and sound design studio servicing the advertising, gaming and digital media industries.

Credits include John Madden football, The Sims and Microsoft’s Zoo Tycoon to name a few. Game Beat Studios advertising credits include TV & radio campaigns for McDonald’s, Toyota, Sears, Motorola, Burger King, Wal-Mart, and Miller Beer.

On today’s show, we want to talk about Darryl’s career in the music industry, showcase some of Darryl’s unreleased songs, and finally, share with you the most powerful and inspiring aspect of Darryl’s life, a challenge he faces which could have potentially shattered his dreams of being the success he is today!

All songs featured in this interview were written, arranged, and produced by Darryl Duncan, and is copyrighted material.

To learn more about GameBeatStudios, visit:
www.gamebeatstudios.com

Interviews Rave Reviews:

Insightful interview. Nice to hear your story - very inspiring. I feel you on the Elements and Prince - love their work! Continued success. - Xandrea Rapier

Absolutely SPECTACULAR - Michele Egerton

Darryl, you are simply amazing. I know your story but to hear it again and to hear your accomplishments again is astounding. You are a great person too! I wish for you continued success. - Vincent Nerey

Sounded Great. - Michele Shaw Sanchez

As of this writing, Conversations with Coach Ian Scott Talk Show is in the Top Podcast charts in at # 38 in Australia. And in at # 34 in Belgium, and #15 in Japan.

The original show Coach Ian Scott, is proving to be a winner still in the following countries: Germany at # 51. Finland is at # 43. While in Ireland, the show is # 44. And in Portugal, there is a strong position at #19!

Once more, I must express a sincere thanks to all my listeners from each of those countries where the shows are in the charts.

In this interview,I am joined by professional speaker & trainer Lenny Laskowski. Lenny is the President of LJL Seminars, a public speaking training company. We discuss the fear of public speaking. Techniques to relax and be a more confident speaker. How taking the time to improve your communication skills can improve your career,increase your income,and impact upon ALL aspects of your life. Plus much, much more! To learn more about Lenny’s company, visit: www.ljlseminars.com
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