Season 1
Second Mix Riffs (unedited, uncut) Book - Donald Miller Building A StoryBrand and Marketing Made Simple
April 20, 2021
Second Mix Riffs - Unedited, Uncut Two books by Donald Miller. Building A Story Brand and Marketing Made Simple. Level up your marketing skills without paying thousands of dollars to a consultant.
Talent Is Cheaper Than Table Salt
April 19, 2021
The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net Featured: The Good All Around Us Podcast I wasted a lot of time in my life – truly 30 years – because I didn’t understand that I had the cap…
Kyle Dammann And Growth Factor Network (1 of 3) On The Cycles Of Complexity
April 17, 2021
This week features Kyle Dammann, the owner and entrepreneur at Growth Factor Network. Kyle and Matt talk about health, education, business, and the mental game of starting and running a business. The Cycles of Complexity gra…
Two Words That Will Change Your Life - HOW and UNTIL
April 15, 2021
email matt@secondmix.net Website/Blog SecondMix.net The first word is HOW. The most important question you can ask yourself when you run up against a stone wall. How do I get this done? How do I get through this? How do I le…
Get The Thing Done
April 12, 2021
In the Ideas and Concepts Facebook Group , let me know one of your goals and why you want it! I'll go first - join the conversation. (Also, I meant I'd be back on Thursday!) Here’s why most people don’t set goals: It’s hard.…
Second Mix Riffs - Book - The Go-Giver
April 11, 2021
Today, hiking in the woods and riffing on the book The Go-Giver by Bob Burg and John David Mann. SecondMix.net Talk about in Second Mix's Ideas and Concepts Mastermind on Facebook
You Can't Push My Buttons (I Don't Have Any)
April 8, 2021
In this episode, I cover the multiple uses and benefits of visualization, and how you can overcome things that are driving you crazy. Join the Facebook group HERE, and let me know how you are going to use these techniques in…
Five Years From Now You Will Surely Arrive
April 5, 2021
In 5 years, if you are in exactly the same place as you are today, will you be okay with that? If you look around at your life in 5 years and you have all the same stuff, and all the same joys, and all the same problems, wil…
Don't Find Your WHY. Choose it.
April 1, 2021
I call on James Clear, Jim Rohn, Victor Frankl, and Oliver Wendell Holmes to find out what my purpose is in this life. Purpose and meaning are the most difficult parts for me. Everything is so arbitrary – nobody is there to …
Do Positive Affirmations Work?
March 29, 2021
Do positive affirmations work, or are they a waste of time? I’ve tried them, and I’ve given up, and I’ve tried them again. There is research out there that says they work, and research that says they don’t work. The statisti…
How To Make Your Life As Simple As Possible...But Not Simpler
March 25, 2021
Important ideas that fall under the category of Ethos before we move on. 1. Simplicity. Einstein said (in effect), “Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” If you focus on the important things, th…
Elephant Bites - Life Accumulates. (The Compound Effect)
March 22, 2021
You might remember hearing phrases like these from time to time: You can eat an elephant one bite at a time. Do it step by step. If you’re like me you’ve heard these hundreds of times, they are in popular culture and we’re a…
Pouring It In - Your Input Equals Your Future
March 18, 2021
If you only change this one part of your life, it will change everything else. Zig Ziglar said, "Your input determines your outlook, your outlook determines your output, and your output determines your future." My life is p…
The "Why Me" Problem - Mindset Trouble Is A Cycle Of Complexity
March 15, 2021
Our minds are always deceptive and leaning towards the negative. It's supposed to be this way. Here's how I learned to combat this enemy and rise up from the dirt. This is part of a series on getting through the cycles of co…
Cycles of Complexity - How To Get Through Anything
March 11, 2021
Ethos, Intention, Efficacy, Agency, Adversity, Elevation As it turned out, these six categories defined a way to get through all of the cycles of complexity you go through in life – in business, in relationships, in health i…
You're Really Not Allowed To Do This - The Permission Deficit
March 9, 2021
I want to talk about what I call “A permission deficit” – I wasted a lot of time in my life waiting for permission to get going. Permission to start my own business, permission to live the life I wanted to be living. I call …
Attracting The Right People - How To Find Your Success Network
March 4, 2021
How do you find your Success Network. I’m not necessarily talking about your audience, or your tribe. Just a group of people who feel the same way you do and those who are attracted by what you say. What you do with this gro…
The Key To Everything - Add This One Element To All You Do
March 1, 2021
I was writing in my journal on Friday, reflecting on how I can become better. Specifically I noticed that I wasn’t being very patient, gentle, or kind with my family. (I wasn’t being unkind, I just wasn’t actively being kind…
Natural High, Natural Low - Avoid Mistakes With Both
Feb. 25, 2021
CS Lewis was a genius when it came to delving into human nature and calling out the rough spots in humans. Believing his “why” is up to you, but it's hard to deny his knowledge of emotion and motivation. It's impossible to d…
Rejection Reflection - How To Use Past Rejection To Propel Forward
Feb. 22, 2021
I was rejected - turned down to get my songs published in 1994. In 2017, I was turned down again for newer, different music. With no success, I decided I just wasn't cut out for this business. Had I reflected at all on what…
What Most Creatives Get Wrong - The Folly of Talent vs. Viral Content
Feb. 18, 2021
Most creatives leave their work only half complete, and many complain about the uninspiring results. "Getting it out there" is more than uploading the work, sharing on a few select social media accounts, and then hoping peop…
Networking, The Life Changing Magic Of
Feb. 15, 2021
Networking is almost magical - you cannot predict what changes will happen in your life as a result of meeting new people. Here are the four or five points you should have ready to being your new journey in networking - plus…
The Hike That Changed My Life
Feb. 12, 2021
In the midst of an all-out war between my wife and me - I found a solution that changed everything. My mindset, skills, goals, reactions to adversity, and my personal education turned around 180 degrees.
Are You Impressive?
Feb. 9, 2021
The secret to being impressive is counterintuitive. Join me for the first-ever Second Mix podcast where we reflect, revise, and remix our lives.