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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 \\u2013 I\\u2019m Stephen Woessner and welcome to Episode 470 \\u2013 this week\\u2019s solocast.

And it\\u2019s during these weekly solocasts that I tend to go deep into tactics\\u2026where you and I get our hands dirty\\u2026where we cover a series of step-by-step business building recipes that oftentimes focus on scaling, sales, lead gen, hiring, or other business development topics that can help you move your business onward to that next level.

But today I am going to turn the tables\\u2026on you and on me.

I\\u2019m still going to share and teach but it is going to be from the perspective of a guest on another podcast. The Avanti Entrepreneur Podcast, which is hosted by my good friend, Dave Mammano, a three-time guest on Onward Nation.

You may remember Dave and the wisdom he shared during Episodes 17, 145, and 438 of Onward Nation.

Dave recently launched his own podcast and he already has listeners in 67 countries \\u2013 and \\u2013 his show has been a major source of new revenue for his business.

When Dave invited me to be a guest on his show \\u2013 I said \\u2013 \\u201cHeck, yeah, I want to do that!\\u201d

What I love about Dave\\u2019s interview style \\u2013 and I think you will too \\u2013 is that he is fun, energetic \\u2013 but \\u2013 he still asks the tough questions.

During the interview, Dave asked me to share the story and the lessons learned when Predictive ROI, my core business, lost $200,000 when we had to cancel a major live event. It was a major mistake and a very painful failure \\u2013 and I share all the details with Dave. Nothing hidden.

Dave also asked me to share that proverbial moment from May 2015 when I decided to launch Onward Nation and the business case behind the show.

We even talked through some of the lessons and legacy I learned from my grandfather and how what I learned has shaped our company culture here at Predictive ROI.

Dave and I also dug deep into mentorship, how I meet one-on-one with all of my direct reports at Predictive ROI each week for mentorship lessons \\u2013 and \\u2013 how I have become a better mentor as a result of my accountability calls every Friday morning with my good friend, Don Yaeger.

And\\u2026I even share with Dave some of my experiences from working with nuclear missiles when I served in the United States Air Force \\u2013 and \\u2013 what it was like the one day my team and I had to rush into a silo one day to stop a missile from catching fire. Yeah \\u2013 that was a rock solid awesome day to be sure, Onward Nation \\u2013 but more importantly \\u2013 it was from lessons like these that I learned that I have a real love and skill for troubleshooting and quickly solving problems.

Okay\\u2026so here we go\\u2026Dave Mammano\\u2026and me\\u2026on The Avanti Entrepreneur.

So there you have it Onward Nation. I hope you had as much fun listening to the conversation, as it was to record.

Dave is awesome\\u2026and if you haven\\u2019t listened to his show before this one\\u2026I highly recommend you visit AvantiEntrepreneurGroup.com for his other outstanding episodes and free resources.

So with that said\\u2026I want to say thank you, Onward Nation.

Thank you for being here \\u2013 thank you for all of your support \\u2013 thank you for all of your daily encouragement \\u2013 thank you for all of the wonderful emails sharing what you like about the show \\u2013 and just as important \\u2013 sharing how my team and I can get better \\u2013 how we can deliver even more value to you.

I appreciate the emails, the tweets, the Facebook posts, and all of the connection requests on LinkedIn. I want you to know how much you mean to me \\u2013 how much you and what you share with us energize my team and me.

You and your feedback is the lifeblood of the show and so before we dive into today\\u2019s lesson \\u2013 I want you to know how much I deeply appreciate you taking some of your precise 86,400 seconds you were blessed enough to receive today \\u2013 and sharing your time \\u2013 your most precious asset \\u2013 and deciding to share it with me.

I wish you the best of success as you conquer big goals and challenges the rest of this week \\u2013 and look forward to having you back here tomorrow when we will have the opportunity to learn directly from Jared Nichols \\u2013 you will not want to miss it.

Until then\\u2026onward with gusto!