Season 1

The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net In a world where businesses are paying money to buy your attention, the ability to focus is going to be the new superpower. I’m sure you real...

Unedited, uncut riffs on life. My wife and I visit a B&B in Mid Ohio and end up in a funny sort of trouble.

The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net You will not grow in your comfort zone. We need the challenge of life in order to get stronger. I spent years doing only what was comfortable...

The Ideas and Concepts Mastermind (Facebook Group) SecondMix.net matt@secondmix.net Resources: Zone Of Genius Worksheet One of the major questions to ask yourself is, is this something I should be doing? So although you can d...

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.

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 capa...

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 grap...

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 …

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 …

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

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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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, the...

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 …

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 pr...

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 …

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 is...

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 …

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 …

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....

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 …

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 …