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Stephen is the CEO of Predictive ROI and the host of the Onward Nation podcast. He is the author of two bestselling books, speaker, trainer, and his digital marketing insights have been featured in SUCCESS, Entrepreneur, The Washington Post, Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and other media.

Good Morning Onward Nation\u2026and welcome to Episode 382\u2026I\u2019m Stephen Woessner. Thank you for taking the time to be here this morning and for making Onward Nation part of your daily routine.

I want you to know how much your time and attention mean to me. I\u2019m keenly aware that there are many demands on your time \u2014 at this moment \u2014 and yet you chose to spend some of your precious time with me to learn more about the lessons we share from today\u2019s business owners.

I take the trust you place in us pretty seriously.

My team and I know that we need to deliver practical and tactical knowledge within every episode \u2014 knowledge you can take and apply into your business to accelerate your results, quickly.

But oftentimes \u2014 a critical component to being successful when applying newly found knowledge is fighting back the fear and temptation to procrastinate. The overwhelm \u2014 the delay \u2014 in reaching back out to your top prospect who has not made a decision on your proposal yet \u2014 and guess what \u2014 fear and procrastination is what is holding them back from making a decision in your favor, too.

But Onward Nation\u2026if you solve for the fear on both sides of the equation \u2014 meaning your fear and their fear \u2014 your probability of success increases exponentially.

Or, maybe you are plagued by the failure of a previous venture or a series of ill-advised decisions \u2014 and there are days when the burden of money lost and opportunity squandered makes you feel like quitting.

I get it \u2014 I\u2019ve been there.

I have been at the top and I have been at the bottom. I know what the daily pressure feels like when you need to add employees because of increased demand but you can barely afford the team you currently have because you are still paying for mistakes in year\u2019s past.

But, rest assured, Onward Nation, the pressure you may be feeling right now\u2026the pressure that seems unending\u2026is actually refining you.

As you feel your business model being compressed, pushed, and pulled \u2014 all of it \u2014 it is actually a beautiful thing.

The intensity of your situation right now is refining you into something spectacular \u2014 if you let it. You and your business may be a diamond in the rough \u2014 and it is the intense pressure of today that is refining you, cutting you, removing all of the impurities from your business \u2014 and if you have the guts, the mental and physical fortitude to stick it out, you will be a brilliant diamond on the other side of it with exceptional cut, clarity, and color.

So as odd as it may seem \u2014 and as painful as it is to endure \u2014 enjoy this time \u2014 focus on the result outcome \u2014 and apply proven, practical, and tactical knowledge to get you through to the other side.

And that is what I am going to share with you during today\u2019s solocast.

I am going to share my favorite success quote \u2014 I am going to share some of the behind-the-scenes of one of my biggest and most terrifying business failures that caused me to have many puke in the bucket moments.

And I am also going to share the story behind a one-on-one call with my mentor, Darren Hardy and how he properly shifted my mindset, like iron sharpening iron, and gave my team and I the momentum we are still riding today here at Predictive ROI, the content marketing and lead gen agency that I lead alongside our incredible team when I am not interviewing today\u2019s top business owners.

And I am going to share all of this insight by sharing \u2014 in its entirety \u2014 my full interview with John Lee Dumas, host of the exceptional EOFire podcast. John invited me to be his guest for Episode 649 of EOFire and it was an incredible experience. JLD asked me tough questions and I\u2019m excited to share with you the blueprint for eliminating the guesswork behind building an audience \u2014 and overcoming the fear and procrastination that often holds us back.

Onward Nation, the lessons you will learn as a result of listening and studying this interview are timely \u2014 because if you put them into practice \u2014 you will take several large leaps ahead of your competition and be well on your way to ensuring 2017 is your most successful year ever \u2014 in whatever way you define success \u2014 because it is a deeply personal metric and is different for all of us.

So without further adieu, here is John Lee Dumas, and me, in Episode 649 of EOFire: www.eofire.com/podcast/stephenwoessner

Hey \u2014 welcome back, Onward Nation \u2014 I hope you found the practical and tactical recommendations I shared with JLD, and now with you, to be valuable as you refine and sharpen your plans for 2017.

Remember, all of the intense pressure that may be bringing you to your knees each and every day\u2026is helping you\u2026if you let it.

Learn from it\u2026adapt\u2026change course\u2026and get mad\u2026fight back\u2026but next time\u2026fight back using the wisdom of what you learned\u2026and you will begin to see the cuts and clarity taking shape, Onward Nation.

You will walk brilliantly into 2017 as the perfectly crafted diamond you were meant to be because you will have allowed the process of pressure and heat to unlock all of God\u2019s abundance.

So when you are feeling that pressure\u2026just take a moment to remember the wise words of Marianne Williamson, who said\u2026

\u201cOur deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, \u2018Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?\u2019 Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won\u2019t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It\u2019s not just in some of us; it\u2019s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.\u201d

So, Onward Nation\u2026you are capable \u2014 you have the gifts and talent to get through whatever the pressure you are feeling at this very moment \u2014 you can get past it \u2014 and you will make 2017 the best it has every been.

With that, Onward Nation\u2026I want to thank you again for taking the time to be here with me today.

It is always an honor to have you here \u2014 I want you to know how much I appreciate you sharing some of your invaluable 86,400 seconds you have in your day with me and the strategies we learn and share each day from today\u2019s top business owners.

And please continue to let me know what you think of Onward Nation\u2026good or bad\u2026I always want your feedback. You can hit me up on Twitter, find us on Facebook, me on LinkedIn, or you are always welcome to email me directly at stephen@onwardnation.com \u2014 and yes \u2014 that is my actual email address \u2014 no fancy filters or filing system \u2014 it will come directly to me.

We will be back tomorrow with an incredible encore interview with Linda Hollander \u2014 she is rock solid awesome and will take you by the hand, behind the green curtain of sponsorships, and how you can leverage your business platform into a sponsorship of $10,000 to $100,000 with a large corporate brand. She is amazing and shares the details in full transparency! You will love it.

Until then, onward with gusto!