19/10/2022
I Decided To Become A Business WARRIOR 🔥
"I don't know how I'm going to go on from here", I said after looking at my $7.28 bank account balance.
The year was 2012. I had been an entrepreneur for about 15 years at that point and I got really good at having so many moving pieces in my business that one day as I was talking to a friend of mine, I told her about how.....
I really did not know how I was going to go forward from there.
Because I had a house payment to make and a child to provide for as a single mom and I didn't know what to do next in my business.
Anyone who's been in business for any amount of time knows that depending on the climate, the industry and your development cycles, income can fluctuate.
And as any entrepreneur knows, if you're having financial issues in your business, it affects your whole life, compartmentalizing that is really hard and can almost become impossible because it affects literally everything in your life.
What got me to that point?
Two words. Playing small.
Me, playing small??
I know, right! I don't really come off that way but, back then, I was at a pivotal point in my business.
I had been teaching for several years at the Learning Annex and created, hosted and produced the wildly successful "Meet The Psychics, Meet The Healers" conferences Plus taught publicity and marketing classes there as well and that had been my major source of income as well as one-on-one consulting that I was doing with celebrities and Fortune 500 company since 1997. This was a major source of mentoring clients for me and then one day they decided to close because other people's classes were not as profitable as mine and when The Learning Annex closed, that source of leads disappeared overnight.
That year, I was also in the midst of a million dollar record deal for my solo music project.
I was working with a phenomenal team that helped me to make decisions that were so hard to make about walking away from that million dollar recording contract.
My music team consists of business advisors who have been right-hand advisors and instrumental in building some of the biggest music brands on the planet including Prince, Jessica Simpson, Adele and The Beatles.
And if you don't know as much about record deals and how they work, that wasn't going to be a million dollars coming to me, that was going to be a million dollars invested into my project.
But alas, it was a contract that was not in my best interest so I had the courage to walk away to go forward in my life and create a business that was going to help provide for me the funding to start my own record label so that I could launch my own music project without all of the creative constraints and control that that record label wanted to have.
But I had a decision to make.
How do I go forward? How do I go forward in my mentor business knowing that my major source of leads, The Learning Annex, just disappeared overnight?
Because my thought-leader/teacher/mentor business was actually helping me at that time step back from my marketing consulting business which didn't have time leverage built in and as a busy single mom, I didn't have a lot of time to waste.
So how did I grab the reins back from the craziness that I feel all around me? I decided it's time to stop playing small. I had realized that my own fear of not being perfect was truly holding me back from just launching a business training institute that would help me
I decided to become a business WARRIOR.🔥
I am a Viking by heritage, a shamanic fire priestess having hosted large-scale shamanic fire ceremonies at events, ceremonies and concerts for over two decades, I grew up in the competitive dance world and became a fire dancer in 1999. I have always been a spiritual warrior as a shaman and on that day, I decided to become a business warrior.
Because sometimes you need to remove that darkness from your life by looking it square in the face and proclaiming "I AM a Business Warrior and I refuse to be food for the low vibrational energy out there that tries to make people feel sad, feel horrible, feel lost, feel alone. I refuse the low vibe energy!"
And that's when I truly learned that one's business follows the he energetic flows of your personal life, whether you want it to or not. And with that symbiotic relationship that your business has with your personal life, it allows you to use your business as a tool for personal transformation.
And in fact, when you are a mentor or any kind of entrepreneur who has an intellectual property (IP) business, you are so intimately connected to your business, that if you are psychologically not ready for your next steps in business or if you have evolved over a period of time and no longer enjoy working with the clientele that you previously identified as your target audience, you will self-sabotage because of that intimate connection that you emotionally have with your business, whether you like it or not.
This was around the time that I really truly realized that it was important for me to open my own business training institute (I had previously taught as a professor of marketing at other people's colleges) and branch beyond being only The Professional Angel out in the world as a thought leader because for the previous 15 years, my work as a celebrity branding and global business growth specialist was mostly behind the scenes and it was my work as The Professional Angel and founder of Oshune Reiki, as well as my music, that was in front of the scenes and out in the world as thought-leadership and musicianship.
But, I had evolved and I found that teaching and mentoring other mentors and thought leaders and entrepreneurs was something that has always been so natural to me and I wanted to move into more of that space because I found the personal development industry something for me that I either needed to keep in smaller doses or direct it towards personal development in its relationship to entrepreneurship and specifically in its relationship to being a celebrity, creating a celebrity style personal brand or being a thought leader out in the world.
I know, I know, this is such a highly specified ultra niche and I am the only one that does it in the UNIVERSE (nod to my destiny client attraction statement) and even if anybody else does little portions of something that might be a little similar to mine, frankly, I am the only one with my combination of experiences and knowledge set that can help my clients in the very specific ways that I help them, and it took me years to really figure out how to define it and it took a lot of me subconsciously holding myself back from shining as a thought leader out in the world because I had perfectionism that I needed to overcome.
♟️And when I realized that I didn't have to wait until things were perfect to launch my business institute.
♟️When I realized that I didn't have to wait for all of the pieces of my Star Power Bootcamp (that teaches people how to become celebrities) to be in place before launching it, that I could build the brand, market it, get people enrolled and then create the program… .
♟️When I realized that awakening my inner star power wasn't about something external, but rather about feeling congruent within myself and within how I express myself through my business as well as help my clients express themselves in their business… ..
♟️When I realized that the only thing that was holding me back from really having the business that I desired was that I wasn't treating myself like my own client, and I needed to.
♟️I went from selling $27 online products to 200K plus masterminds. It didn't happen overnight, but I blazed that trail, learned the right way and the hard way to do it and almost burned out in the process again, but finally made it happen.
🦋 Because I have worked with some of the most famous people on the planet. I have been advising 7,8 & 9 figure earners for over 25 years.
Most of them want to work with me and some of them try to copy me.
But I'm OG in the celebrity creation space, having created curriculum and evolutionary psychology based theories and concepts around how to create platforms with powerful positioning out in the world.
I know the celebrity business development space like the back of my hand, inside and out. I know how celebrities may appear to make their money in one area because they might have a lot of fame in it, but they may actually make the bulk of their income in other ways. I know how to create something out of nothing and I have high vibrational intent and refuse to work with people or companies who try to spread fear, negativity or low vibrational energy out into the world because I know what I do is powerful and I refuse to participate in spreading negativity because I am an ethical business developer, brand, marketing and media specialist.
I have recently watched an 8 figure earner, who is brand new to the thought-leadership world, who does not have high-vibrational intent and I've seen this person provide unethical and damaging advice to entrepreneurs by encouraging people to spread negativity through the media in a significant way out in the world to add fuel to already tense situations out in the world.
This is one of the reasons that it is so important to be very careful about who you listen to in terms of business advisement and development because I have also watched this person create dozens of hours of unnecessary filler content to try to teach a few simple concepts that could truly be taught in 20 to 30. And the bulk of what this person teaches is essentially how to take 40 hours a week to do what could be done in about 30-60 minutes if you do it effectively. (I'm a professor and believe that teaching should encompass either theory, strategy, tactics, implementation or management discussions, not filler content that serves no purpose but to waste your time).
This person obviously consumed my content, blatantly copy my words, my concepts and even my training programs concepts and put things out to their audiences in ways that are obviously taken from my work.
But I'm not mad about that, because I know that they know how my genius zone works and they pay attention (and there's a little thing called karma 🧿). In fact, they're probably reading this post right now. Trying to figure out how they can copy me in some way.
But you see they can't.
You know why?
Because I am the only me that there is.
And I come to the table with over 25 years of experience is not only The Celebrity Empire Builder, but also as The Professional Angel.
And I am high-vibe.
And I have a destiny.
And that destiny is to help raise the vibration of the planet through my work and through the work of my clients.
This is not about celebrity for celebrities sake, this is about building a business that gets traction out in the world so that you can provide resources for your family and spread your message of inspiration or hope to the people on the planet and the best kind of traction that you can get out in the world is to have positioning in place to make that happen.
Celebrity is an evolutionary psychology based concept and when you utilize the power of this evolutionary psychology properly, you can move mountains and raise vibrations in a massive way across the world.
In case you haven't seen it out there, there's a spiritual war going on.
And the more that people are able to have personal and professional transformations in their lives and businesses, the more they smile.
Never underestimate the power of a smile because when people smile and it's genuine, it can be like that drop of hope in a glass full of negativity that neutralizes that negativity.
I'm on a mission to reach over a billion people around the planet to help raise the vibration of planet Earth. I'm doing this through the work and the thought leadership of myself and my clients as well as my TV show Mentors Tank.
Back in 1997, an average of 1 million people per day viewed the websites that I had created for my clients.
Imagine what that reach looks like now. I'm in the top 1% on LinkedIn of all profiles viewed worldwide and have been for the past year. I've been in the top 5% on LinkedIn for the last decade. There is no "Oh Shiny" going on here, this is long-term business focus.
I didn't want to brag too much when I was more of a green entrepreneur, instead, I bragged about my clients. But I have learned over the last 20+ years to be humble while also pointing out my genius zones and how my genius zones can absolutely help people transform their lives and their businesses.
Because I don't just teach business, I teach my clients how to be a warrior in business and how to transform the inner pieces of fire that you have inside of you that are either going to make you or break you because when you are able to keep that inner fire burning and have your business be an expression of your destiny, an expression of your Dharma, an expression of ikigami, or your soul's purpose, you are able to live your mission, unencumbered by what other people think. And that's why they also call me "The Mentor To The Mentors".
I'm on a mission to help transform people around the globe with my TV show, Mentors Tank, to show people around the world the power of mentorship, the power that coaches, consultants, experts, authors, teachers and speakers bring to the world because they help to empower others, they help to transform people's lives and businesses and ultimately help make the world be a better place for our kids and future generations to live in.
I'm looking for a few good mentors to be part of my mission to raise the vibration of over a million people around the world to feature them on my Mentors Tank TV show while they work with me at Mentors Tank Academy during my 12 week mentor business initiation program called Empire Builder, where I help a select group of mentors like coaches, consultants, experts, authors and speakers, build, brand and launch (or relaunch) their Mentor Empire while creating their own global movement and become an industry celebrity. This is a high touch program and is highly personalized because I am personally working with each one of the mentors in the program and intentionally keep the program small so that I can provide personal help to every single mentor.
In the 12 week Empire Builder program at Mentor's Tank Academy, I am helping to empower the lucky chosen few who are invited to become one of the 24 Mentors Tank Mentors with the tools that they need to create lasting success (none of this flash-in-the-pan, oh shiny, hype nonsense) in their business that will help them in their business for the rest of their lives, while learning how to:
✔️ Create a Celebrity-Style Personal Brand so that they can elevate their positioning in their industry. Fortune favors the bold and creating celebrity is about positioning and strategy. I teach you how to intentionally position within your field so that you can be seen as the go-to expert. (Hint, this is not only about media features because if all you needed to be seen as a celebrity was to be featured in the media, everyone who has ever been on Oprah ever, would be famous and wealthy, but they're not.)
✔️ Create a Clockwork Client Attraction system that attracts clients to them like clockwork. (We have a no-burnout policy in place so that what you put into your clockwork client attraction system is something that works for you and your personality, this is not a one size fits all type of thing, this is personalized.)
✔️ Create an ultra high end 25K + signature training program so that they can stop wasting their time on only low-end or mid-end offers (and learn how to use low end or mid-end offers strategically so that they don't burn you out)
✔️ Put the pieces of the puzzle in place to build a Mentor Empire, which allows room for growth and connects the dots between multiple streams of income as well as multiple businesses if you have them (or want to in the future).
✔️ Map out your next steps that make sense for where you are personally at in your business (because if you do things in the wrong order, you will be wasting your time and this is no one size fits all kind of thing because this is highly personalized because if you're not ready for publicity and you start putting it out there, you'll waste your time).
✔️ Create a Destiny Client Lead Magnet that helps your leads and prospects take their first step on your client journey with you in a way that is fun for them and fun for you to pitch to them (AKA you don't feel cheesy salesy when you talk about it).
✔️ You will participate in the Polar Video Plunge, where you will create 10 pieces of content for your mini educational campaign (or mini EDUs for short), that help to indoctrinate your ideal clients and prospects as well as social media followers into your Genius Zone so that you can attract people to take their first step in your client journey (without feeling salesy).
✔️ Come to our In-Person 2 day Empire Builder Retreat (in Las Vegas or other destinations around the world) to experience what it's like to work on creating content and the next steps for your business so that you leave with work actually done and come to a live on-location filming so that we can get the absolute best footage of you for mentor's tank TV while you have a once-in-a-lifetime experience with The other mentors on your mentors team. (most of the filming will be done online so you can be anywhere in the world to participate and will be invited to join us on location at our Empire Builder Retreat at some point during your 12-week experience). Previous retreat attendees rave about the experience that they had coming to the retreat and say it is the best business retreat they've ever been to because it is experiential, rather than sitting around in a stodgy conference room wondering when you're going to have time to implement). This is an experiential retreat, not sitting around in a stuffy conference room feeling like you need to put your game face on, because everyone at the retreat is building their empire and we go deep into what it takes to make that happen.
✔️ You will create your signature program landing page that is dialed in to helping your ideal clients know that your program is right for them, while repelling the tire kickers who would not be a good fit.
✔️ You will create your "Destiny Client Attraction Video", which is an 8 minute introduction to your signature program, so that you have something to present to ideal clients. (you will learn my 100K+ 8 minute video strategy to include everything you need to to sell over 100k+ in an 8 minute video and have people reaching out to you while making sure to leave out everything that would repel your ideal clients).
✔️ You will learn how to remove tasks from your to do list strategically because in order to be a ultra high-end mentor, you must know what to spend your time on and what not to spend your time on because the reason that most coaches, consultants, experts, authors, speakers and mentors are not seven or eight figure plus earners is because they are wasting their time on the wrong activities that are actually preventing them from having success in their business. This will be likely one of the biggest business mindset shifts you will ever have made in your entire life. This is not cheesy, woo woo, ungrounded, unapplicable mindset nonsense, this is balls to the wall, hardcore, warrior action mindset training so that you know exactly what to focus your time and priorities on and exactly what to say no to. Because if you don't know what to say no to, you'll say yes to everything. And in order to go high level in your business and go to the major leagues of being a mentor in the global sphere, you must know exactly what to say no to and have a plan in place to say no graciously so that you can have time and mental space to be in your genius zone because if you fill your mind with too many things or too many activities, you create a muddy mind and 7 or 8+ figure mentors are not built while having muddy minds, you must have mental clarity and a warrior's fortitude in order to persevere and do the things that will work for you in your business, rather than against you in your business.
✔️ You will learn how to get big leagues media features in a time leveraged way and in the right order for your business as well as how to create strategic associations with existing organizations so that you can catapult your presence in your industry in a quantum leaping fashion, rather than wasting your time by seeking media features in the wrong order within your business strategy.
✔️ After going through the 12-week Empire Builder program, you will be invited to apply for our year long "Empire Founders Club", where, If you are accepted into the program, you will have an opportunity to speak on The Mentors Association stages and become a "Niche Industry Leader Mentor Chair" at "The Mentors Association by J.D. WildFlower" and will be able to host your own online and in person Star Parties that can be industry-specific to help you attract more clients so that you can host live online and in-person events by using Mentors Tank and The Mentors Association branding and event strategy so that you have another way to attract clients without having to reinvent the wheel. This is a plug-in-play event strategy system.
✔️ You will be featured on Mentors Tank TV As a featured mentor and will be filmed throughout the 12 week Empire building program and have your business transformation be featured on the program which also provides a media feature for you.
🎉 I just opened 3 more spots at Mentors Tank Academy and TV.
🎯 Because myself and my team now have the time to conduct the admissions interviews, I just opened up 3 more spots at Mentors Tank Academy to help more mentors build their Global Mentor Empires and become celebrities in their niche industry so that they can get more clients. This is an intentionally small program with only 24 members at a time that can participate so that I can provide personalized attention to each member.
Each of the mentors accepted for enrollment at Mentors Tank Academy is also going to be a cast member on Mentors Tank TV and have their business transformation featured on my brand new TV show that is launching this fall.
✖️ This is not right for everyone. Don't apply if you want to play small or lack the ability to implement.
✖️ This is not for newbies, it's for bonafide experts only.
✅ This is for those mentors (coaches, consultants, experts, authors or speakers) who are ready to level up and go global and create Ultra-High-End 25K + signature programs.
♟️My client list includes Academy & Grammy winners, New York times bestselling authors and over 50 other brands including Samsung, Dish Network and US Bank. I've been a mentor to celebrities for over 20 years.
For details on how to apply, comment MENTOR below or inbox me for details.
*This photo was taken during one of my fire ceremonies and music video shoots on location in Minneapolis.