MYST 42 Brad Stillmank: How to Turn YOUR Hobby Into a Business!

Brad and Brewery

Brad Stillmank had a hobby. He loved beer, and loved brewing it. He started by making 5 gallons as a time. He wanted to get better, and started pestering local professional brewers. Over time, he learned every aspect of the business and now has the largest brewing system in Green Bay. He makes award-winning Wisco Disco, his flagship beer. Here is stands in front of the new Stillmank brewery, a 30 barrel system. He went from 5 gallons at a time to 930 gallons.

He took his hobby, his passion, and slowle, meticulously, turned it into a profitable business, with the help of his wife, Erin, as well as family and friends.

Erin and Brad, edited

Even if you are not making beer, you can do what Brad did.

Wisco Disco WinsStillmank Signature glass and Wisco (1)

Stillmank Brewing Company’s website.

Charlie Papazian’s Complete Joy of Homebrewing is a classic book for anyone who wants to learn how to brew their own beer.

Brad’s beer of choice, if he can’t have his own.

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Dot Cannon’s podcast, “Over Coffee” can be found in iTunes here.

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Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

MYST 41: Trevitorial–Slow Down to Succeed Faster!

Bleak and Beautful, Allowing You to Go Slow!
Bleak and Beautful, Alistair’s Vista

Alistair told us on Monday about how his parents move he and his sister from Dublin Ireland to the mountains in the west of the Island. They created an adventure camp, away from the non-stop action of the city. It allowed him to slow down. Breathe. Focus. And succeed.

If you want to reach Alastair:

You can reach Alastair by email amd@websitedoctor.com

His company is www.websitedoctor.com

On Twitter he is @WebsiteDoctor and on Facebook  fb/WebsiteDoc

When you take more time, you have more time to focus on your goal. When you take more time, you will get better results.

My Vintage Life
My Vintage Life

When you listen to the show, you will understand why I have this picture here.

Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

MYST 40: Alastair McDermott: Tackling Fears by Asking for Help

Alastair McDermott and Anne-Marie, on their cycle around Ireland.
Alastair McDermott and Anne-Marie, on their cycle around Ireland.

Note:

Alastair and I talked via Skype for over 90 minutes. Alastair is committed to supporting the fight against suicide and helping bring depression out of the shadows and make the topic a common and routine discussion. We recorded this talk on July 31, 2014 which was 12 days before American actor Robin Williams took his life due in part to depression. Alastair was concerned that this talk would be considered building on that event, but in reality, this topic needs to be open and honest. People commit suicide every day. We hope that his participation in that Irish bike ride will help people open up and talk before taken final actions.

Alastair McDermott is an engineer at heart, but he is also able to talk to people, to help people see their options and to take action!

Earlier this year, he, his girlfriend Anne-Marie and over 2-3000 other riders hopped on their bicycles and rode around Ireland, in a “Cycle Against Suicide” ride. He rode it, without prior training. Are you this committed to an idea? Could you do this?

The Route Map for "Cycle Against Suicide"
The Route Map for “Cycle Against Suicide”

Alastair recommends these books:

You can reach Alastair by email amd@websitedoctor.com

His company is www.websitedoctor.com

On Twitter he is @WebsiteDoctor and on Facebook  fb/WebsiteDoc

Alastair loves this meal:

Roast Leg of Lamb
Roast Leg of Lamb with Potatoes

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Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

MYST 39: Trevitorial–Are You Fed Up Yet?

Ani Alexander
Ani Alexander

Ani Alexander, an Amazon best selling fiction author was a career professional, until she realized that she was completely fed up with her career. She changed completely.

Are you fed up? What are you doing about it? Getting fed up is what made me decide to become a nurse, and later, to lose 120 pounds.

So. Are you fed up?

Find Ani’s website here.

Her Amazon author page is here.

Her excellent podcast, Write 2 B Read, can be found here.

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Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

MYST 38: Ani Alexander, the Accidental Author!

The Many Faces of Ani Alexander
The Many Faces of Ani Alexander

Banking. Telecom Industry. Amazon best-selling author. Blogger. Podcaster.

Ani Alexander was all of those, but never planned on becoming an Amazon best-selling author of fiction. It just happened because she is “opportunistic”. She has traveled through Europe, speaks five languages (with three different alphabets!) and currently lives in her home country of Armenia.  In addition to being a professional author, she may be the only podcaster who lives in Armenia!

One of her first short stories was published on Paulo Coelho’s blog.

She learned how to podcast through Meron Bareket’s Inspiring Innovation Podcast Webinar and Bootcamp.  How To Build An Engaged Audience (Weekly Live Webinar).

Her podcast “Write 2 B Read” is an interview-based show, where she talks with other authors to find their tips and hints to the aspiring author, or the existing author who wants to take their work to a higher level.

Ani’s website and her Amazon author page. She also has a page on Goodreads.

You can reach her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Google+ and Quora.

Her books are available on Amazon:

Music composed and performed by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

 

MYST 37: The FIRST Trevitorial!

_John Lee Dumas High Res
If you want to be, do! It’s just that simple!

Monday’s guest, John Lee Dumas, provides the spark for today’s show topic. It is a good one! If you have ever thought about starting something, you NEED this episode.

John Lee Dumas, and his remarkable daily business podcast, can be found at Entrepreneur On Fire.

But with this episode, I mark the first major changes to the show. I am bringing in a new intro and outro, featuring the phenomenal voiceover work of Matt Young. And this is the first “Trevitorial”. My wife says that I am a gifted and natural speaker. (Okay, that’s not exactly the words she uses, but I am sure that is what she means!) Her term for what I do (all too often) is that I “give a Trevitorial.” It is a combination of my thoughts, opinions, ideas and suggestions, but grounded in some rational and reasonable theories and common sense beliefs.

It is me, climbing on a soap box, for all to here. But…and this is important…I have a purpose for my Trevitorial. I don’t ramble. I speak to a single topic, and as before, it will usually be a lesson that a previous guest brought up in their interview.

I hope you find these shows to be information, energetic and fun. With these shows, I am giving you a chance to see the real me. I mention in the show that my “booster” shows were “overthought” and “hesitant.” I was trying to be diplomatic and keep all people happy. But that doesn’t work. For this show to work, I need two things. I need dxciting and informative guests on Monday, where I let them carry the show on the power of their voice. And I need Thursdays to be where I take the reins and let me share myself with you. Because I will share my successes and challenges in these shows. I have had great successes, but, wow, I have paid the penalty of hesitation and fear in the past. I don’t want you to do what I did!

Voiceover courtesy of Matt Young. Matt is a professional voiceover artist. If you have any need of voiceover work, for your podcast, radio spot, or whatever, you can reach Matt by a variety of methods.

He is on LinkedIn. On Twitter. And Google+. And you can read his really nice, contemplative blog.

Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

MYST 36: John Lee Dumas: Persistence, Passion and Knowing “Jimmy”

John is always on fire!
John is always on fire!

John Lee Dumas is one of the leader in the world of business podcasting, and business in general.

Just a few of his accolades:

His podcast, Entrepreneur On Fire, was awarded 2013 Best of iTunes. He has the the number 1 podcasting book on Amazon. His show is a leading business podcast, and his income statement for June 2013 shows that his revenue was $216,094.50–for the month of June, alone. And he continues to be invited to speak before conferences all over the world.

But prior to this success, he graduated from Providence University and then spent 8 years in the US Army, including a 13 month tour of duty in Iraq as a commander of a tank platoon. He wandered from career to career, trying law school, a financial career on Wall Street, and real estate, but in 2012, he had his “a-ha!” moment and found his passion, his calling in life.

He started the first 7 day a week interview-based podcast for entrepreneurs, and over time has dominated the field, leading other people to launch their own podcasts (myself included!)

Do YOU want to become a podcaster? Join John Lee Dumas in his Podcaster’s Paradise. Create, grow and monetize your podcast!

You can also find his book on Amazon. “Podcast Launch: A Complete Guide to Launching Your Podcast with 15 Video Tutorials.”

Some of the podcast leaders that were mentioned here:

Meron Bareket of the Inspiring Innovation podcast.

Leslie Samuel of the blog Become A Blogger and the podcast of the same name.

Chris Ducker of Virtual Staff Finder and the 2014 Tropical Think Tank.

Pat Flynn, of the Smart Passive Income blog and podcast and the “Ask Pat” podcast.

Previous MYST Guest Scott D Wilson asked a great question of John, and now has his own leadership and growth blog, Designed to Succeed!

Books that John currently recommends:

Both are books by Stephen Pressfield, “The War of Art: Break Through Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battle” and “The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life”.

John’s Last Meal:

Bacon-Wrapped FIlet Mignon, Roasted Garlic Smashed New Red Potatoes, and Fresh Asparagus
Bacon-Wrapped FIlet Mignon, Roasted Garlic Smashed New Red Potatoes, and Fresh Asparagus
Vanilla Creme Brulee

Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com.

 

MYST 35 Booster: Avoid a Meltdown!

When you live on a small boat, underwater, for up to 74 days, you need a way to escape the stresses.
When you live on a small boat, underwater, for up to 74 days, you need a way to escape the stresses.

 

Bill N0wicki’s Submarine Sea Stories podcast can be found on iTunes and Stitcher.

John Lee Dumas will be my guest on MYST 36. You can find his show, Entrepreneur on Fire, here.

Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bill Nowicki’s Submarine Sea Stories podcast can be found on iTunes and Stitcher.

John Lee Dumas will be my guest on MYST 36. You can find his show, Entrepreneur on Fire, here.

Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com

MYST 34 Bill Nowicki: From Ice Cream Scoop to Cold War Nuke

Bill
Bill Nowicki

You can find Bill’s podcast Submarine Sea Stories on iTune and Stitcher. Here is a link to his show on iTunes. When you listen, please go back and give him a rating and review!

Some links that Bill mentioned:

His first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly’s.

This is how I met Bill, through Meron Bareket’s Inspiring Innovation podcast and as beta-testers for his Podcast Bootcamp: How To Build An Engaged Audience (Weekly Live Webinar)

Some of Bill’s recommended books are:

The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls

The Great Influenza, by John M. Barry


Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com.

MYST 33 Booster: Believe!

Hard at work?
Hard at work?

Kimanzi’s website, where you can find his information, products, services and books.

Kimanzi’s “Work Hard, Play Hard” summit, being help in Hawaii!

Here is the school of podcasting that gave me my podcasting skills. It took me from knowing nothing, to launching with simple and easy-to-follow videos and detailed action plans. How To Build An Engaged Audience (Weekly Live Webinar)

Music by Jason Shaw, courtesy of Audionautix.com