Erwin Wils Millionaire Life Strategy Podcasts

Welcome to a new season of the Follow your Passion podcast! Today's guest is a friend of mine, Alexandra Badita. Journaling and Storytelling Coach, founder of the first Journaling Academy in Romania, dedicated to personal and professional growth, Alex is a creator and educator. She owns the brand Impressivity® by Alexandra and she is also the podca…

"I lacked confidence, but then after a few days I started doing it and I saw it worked"- Dominik Messiaen A quote from my guest Dominik about a mindset shift he experienced. Please welcome him in this very special 50th episode of the follow your Passion podcast. I would call Dominik a jack of all trades, looking at all the different skills he gathe…

"We decided to start our own business and pursuing our dreams at the time" - Nellie Akalp Please welcome my guest Nellie Akalp, CEO of CorpNet.com, helping entrepreneurs to start their business and maintain compliance. Nellie runs the company together with her husband Phil, who she already knows from undergraduate school. And they've done so very s…

"It's not just learning it's how can I apply that" - Jeff Mains Please welcome my guest and serial entrepreneur Jeff Mains. He is an expert at turning ideas into enterprises. He has built five companies totaling over $200 million in combined revenue, and four have been acquired by strategic buyers. Fanatical about helping entrepreneurs build stella…

Please welcome my guest Zane Landin to the show. Zane Landin is a recent graduate from Cal Poly Pomona with a Bachelor of Science in Communication and Public Relations. He is from Chino, California. He has interned at places like USAID, NASA, and General Motors. He is a mental health and disability advocate, queer rights activist, entrepreneur, and…

"It really started when I couldn't grow any further" - Ramona Tufaru Please welcome my guest and dear friend Ramona Tufaru, founder of the LinkedIn Lead Machine. Her gift is the triggered pain of not being seen, loved and wanted, so in her work she sets the stage for her clients to be seen, loved and wanted by potential customers . And of course th…

"It felt like it was my calling from a very early age" - Sahra Brandt Please welcome my guest Sahra Brandt, founder of "Shop the City". She is a wardrobe consultant with high rankings and reviews. She has even be named a San Fransisco Bay area trendsetter by Marin Magazine. Sahra is a great example of an entrepreneur that followed her passion, even…

"Can I borrow 300 dollars, go to the fabric store and start my own business?" - Blaire Brown Please welcome my guest Blaire Brown, founder & brand strategist behind Visionary Advantages Brand Strategy Group. She is incredibly passionate about helping businesses gain more visibility through marketing and branding, as well as giving entrepreneurs the…

"Until you do it, you don't know it's 100 percent possible" - Lewis Schenk Please welcome my guest Lewis Schenk, founder of Boost Media Agency. Lewis started his first company in 2017 while in University in the events branche. When Covid hit, he knew he had to pivot his business to a more future proof company and he started Boost Media Agency. Fun …

"Every time I did something for the money, I ended up miserable" - Tiffany Grant Please welcome my guest Tiffany Grant, owner of the "Money Talk With Tiff" company and podcast. Tiffany acts as a financial wellness facilitator and an advocate for financial literacy. She is a very energetic and enthusiastic lady, defying all stereotypes you might hav…

"When you release that need, you can actually allow it to come to you" - Giselle and David Taraba This time not one guest, but 2 guests! Please welcome Giselle and David Taraba. They are the proud owners of Maitri Centre for Love and Compassion and their passion is bringing greater love and compassion into people's personal and work lives. Unfortun…

"I just kind of went for it" - Katie Swanson A quote from my guest Katie Swanson about choosing her niche and seeing wher it would take her. Katie has a great story to share, how she combined 2 passions of her into her company: fitness, and numbers. With her company Change Collaborative she is helping gym and fitness owners to develop financial pla…

"Ever since childhood, I wanted to have something of my own" - Asmita Jason Please welcome my guest Asmita Jason, founder of The Launch Boosters, helping clients launching courses online with done for you services and masterminds. Asmita has a sweet spot for helping other mums succeed and reach consistent 5 figure months. We had a great talk, I hop…

"There has to be a better way"- Leonardo de Aguiar A thought that already gave us great inventions. And a thought that made my guest an entrepreneur. Please welcome my guest Leonardo de Aguiar. Leo is the driving force behind Intueat (say: "In to Eat" as opposed to "we're going Out to Eat"). It was actually the love of his life that inspired him to…

"Don't be precious, just do it!" - Jennifer Lieberman Please welcome my guest Jennifer Lieberman. After years of pounding the pavementand knocking on doors with no success into the entertainment industry, Jennifer decided to take matters into her own hand and created the solo show "Year of the Slut". This show proved to be her break and long story …

Please welcome my guest Pat Daily. Pat is a true entrepreneur. He sold his ownership of the first company Convergent Performance in 202, ran a second business Blue Threat enterprise for 5 years and started his third business Boundary Layer Inc in 2018. He is also passionate about writing Science Fiction, so who knows, I might be talking to the next…

"When my wife read the first draft of the book, she said, you better never kill that guy because if you do, I'm divorcing you" - Robert P French Please welcome my guest, Robert P French. Robert is a software developer, turned actor, turned writer. He was born and raised in Englandand at the age of 26, he emigrated from the UK to Canada for a couple…

"We don't need to be diagnosed, we don't need any of that stuff, we just want somebody to listen" - Doug Lawrence Please welcome my guest Doug Lawrence. He is the founder of TalentC® and Co-founder of the International Mentor Community. Doug leads organizations to experience the benefits how mentoring will encourage workforce culture to flow in har…

"If you want something, you need to put effort and energy towards that" - Vanessa Ringel Please meet my guest, manifestation and love coach Vanessa Ringel. Vanessa started her career in marketing and when she was the head matchmaker at Three Day Rule Inc, she was infused with a deep understandingof dating and relationships. After overseeing 100's o…

"We're just not afraid to try things" - Jme Thomas Please meet my guest Jme Thomas. she is the founder of Motley Zoo Animal Rescue and as the name implies, she and her team rescue dogs and cats to ensure animals wouldn't fall through the cracks, to provide someone to care for them when there is no one else. Besides being grassroots, started from no…

"I was raised and educated to be of service to others" - Paul A. Dillon Again a wonderful guest in this episode of the Follow your Passion podcast. Paul retired as a consultant from the McGladrey accounting firm in 2006. Upon his retirement, he reinvented himself by starting his own firm in Chicago, which is now devoted to helping veterans who want…

"My dad forced me into business ownership" - Bryan Clayton It was a direct order from his father that "pushed" Bryan into entrepreneurship. He wasn't very enthiused about it, but never expected that this order would spark his passion for entrepreneurship. From lawn mowing to building one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennesse…

"We didn't know we would have a technology that one day would change the world" - Steve Levine Please meet my guest Steve Levine. Steve spent 20 years in the commercial alarm business, building a successful residential & commercial alarm business, yet something was missing. He as very supportive & passionate of the green movement and wanted to add …

"When I reference my team, I'm actually talking about my clients" - Mickey Dale Mikkelson How about that for a mindset. Considering your clients as part of the team. Please welcome my guest Mickey Daly Mikkelson. Mickey is the founder and owner of Creative Edge Publicity, a literary publicity firm that represents over 100 authors worldwide, and gro…

"It's more than just plants" - Sonja Detrinidad. Please let me introduce my guest Sonja Detrinidad. Sonja spent 16 years in the mortgage industry and in 2019 she quit her job. To sell plants. Yes, you read it correctly, to sell plants. She is now the proud owner of Partly Sunny Projects, has a folloing of over 440K plant lovers on Tiktok with over …

"At this stage and age in life, this is what I am supposed to be" - Mary Joye How about that with regards to following your passion. Mary has done several jobs, until she came to this point. Her first job was working for the rock group Kiss as a make-up artist and as you know Kiss, that;s already a fulltime job. she has also been a professional son…

"We can't make good financial decisions on inaccurate data"- Ruth King Please welcome my guest Ruth King. Ruth is better known as "The Profitability Master". She is passionate about helping small business owners get profitable and stay profitable. She is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, trainer and a best-selling & award winning author. Ruth holds a…

"I will not do anything in life that is not half as fun as flying a hot air balloon" - Eliav Cohen Please welcome my guest Eliav cohen. After working in the corporate world for 10 years, Eliav started his own consulting business, cofounded 2 other companies, became a hot air balloon pilot in 2016, and in 2018 he became the founder of The Bot Lab. H…

"It was orchestrated chaos" - John Louizes When you tell people that you want to follow your passion, they might reply: "Oh, that's sweet!" John took that very literally. Please welcome my guest John Louizes. John's passions are fun, family and legacy and he pursues them every day by making candy. John started out small, taking over the shop of his…

"I thought I was going to be on feeding tubes"- Andrea Trank Please welcome my guest Andrea Trank. Andrea Trank was diagnosed with gastroparesis in her early 30's and since she didn't know how to heal herself, it really scared her. she thought she was going to be on feeding tubes and that would be her life. How different it turned out to be! She be…

"I want to own that space in my customer's brain" - Paige Arnof-Fenn. Please welcome my guest Paige Arnof-Fenn, Founder and CEO of Mavens & Moguls. Paige never intended to become an entrepreneur. She always wanted to work for a large mutli-national and become a Fortune500 CEO. she started her corporate career in the 80's on Wall Street and became h…

"I wasn't given the opportunity so I decided I'm not waiting for anybody's permission, I'm gonna take that opportunity myself" - Mike Ashie Please welcome my guest Mike Ashie. Mike started working in the corporate world back in '98 and has successfully fulfilled several roles with different companies. In 2016 he started his youtube channel "Leaders…

"I created the "I am Important" badge" - Ramni Please meet my guest and dear friend Ramni. Ramni is a very special person. She had always known there was more to life. She knew she had a greater purpose, but didn't know what it was or how to achieve it. In her adult life she was working hard as an SAP cunsultant, raised her children and went on cou…

"My only assumption for that day is, today is the day I'm going to die, and my job is to prevent that"- Iain Miller Please meet my guest Iain Miller, founder of Unique Ascent. Iain has taken a very niche aspect of outdoor rock climbing and created a globally unique business. That niche is Sea Stack climbing. Iain is the world's only full-time profe…

"I expected family and good friends to support us and all of the sudden 400 people were interested" - Lainey Morse Please welcome my guest Lainey Morse, founder of "Goat Yoga" and the "Goatel." What started out as "just a small event" went viral and now Lainey is the founder of Goat Yoga with 10 locations in the USA. She provided experiences for Go…

"I just don't quit" - Daniel Daoura. Please meet my guest Daniel Daoura, founder of Pebblebee. Daniel's passion is using technology to find solutions. And finding things is his expertise. Daniel has a great mindset with regards to entrepreneurship. Winston Churchill once said: "If you're going through hell, keep on moving" and that's what Daniel di…

"It was history fluttering away and I had to catch it and show it to people before it was gone" - Melanie Gall Please welcome my guest Melanie Gall, professional musician and published author. Her passion has always been discovering quirky bits of lost history. She is educated in classical and opera performance and has found a way to turn ther pass…

"I think it's really always about looking for and seeking opportunities and focusing on what things might be out there and what you can do, and you'll find ways"- Jessica Pedersen Please welcome my guest Jessica Pedersen. Jessica is a master and clinical hypnotherapist and founder of Healing Woods Hypnosis. Jessica and her fiancé rent a large home …

"Crossing that finish line was my "Aha" moment" - Jennifer Conroyd Please welcome my guest Jennifer Conroyd, founder of Fluid Running, a deep water running fitness company. Jennifer is an ironman and has completed 16 marathons, qualifying for the Boston marathon 15 times. In 2010, Jennifer had an injury that left her unable to run in preparation fo…

"I could have never have imagined ever hearing that question from a child" - Genevieve Piturro Please welcome my guest Genevieve Piturro. Genevieve was a successful television marketing executive, until she dramatically changed the direction of her life. In 2001, a question of a little girl changed her life forever and she jumped of the corporate l…

"Feel the fear and do it anyway" - Lillian Brummet Please welcome my guest Lillian Brummet. Lillian and her husband Dave have been writing professionally since 1999. To date, they have 6 published books, including the recently released "From one small garden - Over 300 delicious, nutricious recipes". They also run 2 popular blogs, the "Brummet's Co…

"A fish doesn't describe water very well' - Robert White Please welcome my guest Robert White. Robert is a very experienced mentor and trainer with regards to leadership. Back in the 70's he founded Lifespring and sold it to his staff who expanded the company nation wide with over 700,000 grduates of personal development seminars. He then founded A…

"I fell in love with education" - Anya Ilkys Please welcome my guest Anya Ilkys. Anya is a College admissions & Financial Coach for international students. She has always been passionate about helping students and has spent her whole career working at colleges and universities in the Boston area. Until she had enough of the red tape and bureaucracy…

"Movement should be something that gives you joy" - Ryan Daniel Beck Please welcome my guest Ryan Daniel Beck, owner and director of bodyART Training Studios. Ryan has had a very inspiring career being a professional high performance dancer, dancing for MTV, MOMIX, Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, and many more. He has produced and directed content for AB…

"We're the mythbusters of sustainability" - Eleni Polychroniadou Please meet my guest Eleni Polychroniadou, co-founder and commercial director of Sintali. Eleni has always been passionate about helping others and making a difference. In college she learnt a lot more about the climat crisis and that has set her path for life. Ever since she started …

"If people follow their passion, they will live a happier and healthier life" - Ginette Brown Please meet my guest Ginette Brown. She is a certified career coach and with 15+ years of experience in HR, she transitioned her focus to career counseling. In 2014 she started the blog "Just got redirected" for those going through job loss to give them so…

"It's really not useful if you don't use it!"- Sarah Dunn Please meet my guest Sarah Dunn. Sarah is a professional organizer and founder of Get It Dunn and she helps people to declutter and organize their things, leaving them with space and what matters most to them. She has always been an organized person herself, but it wasn’t until a few years a…

"Good leadership is nitrous oxide. It's not dangerous and you cannot have enough of it"- David Lyons. Please meet David Lyons. After 28 years of being a police officer, he retired as a commander in a 600+ sworn member department in Lexington, Kentucky. Now he is an instructor with a non-profit organization called FBI - LEEDA (Law Enforcement Execut…

"It's beter to be prepared and have no opportunity that to have an opportunity and not be prepared" - Michelle Diamond. Please meet my next guest Michelle Diamond, CEO of Diamond Executive Resumes and Elevate Diamond Strategy. Michelle is already in business for over 17 years, worked with more than 65 domestic and global companies in 31+ industries…

"Each day I get up with a smile on my face!" - Smita Das Jain Welcome to the very first interview of the Follow your Passion podcast. In this episode I'm interviewing Smita Das Jain, a writer and certified personal empowerment life & executive coach from India. After working for 14+ years in the corporate world in leadership roles with fortune 500 …