Beyond the Book

How often have you found yourself doing plenty of things, but nothing seems to work despite your hard work? You probably are doing the wrong thing you should be doing right now.

This book helps you determine The ONE thing that will move the needle in your business or life. There is always one task more important than another, but you probably need help determining which one is it.

In this episode, you will understand the following:

1. The framework to determine the ONE thing you have to do to move the needle in your business or your life
2. the importance of focus and small goals
3. how you create your "own luck"

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Most of you who have a website has the same problem. You aren't clear on what you're offering and how you can help your visitors. If I can't understand what you are selling and how you can help me in less than 3 seconds. You lost me!  With the Storybrand framework, you will clarify your message so customers will listen. Use the 7 Elements of Great Storytelling to Grow Your Business.  

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Do you find yourself productive enough? Do you work 8 hours per day every day? Let me tell you that you're wasting your brain energy. You only can focus for a maximum of 4 hours per day. So why not we try to maximize those 4 hours to get as much done as possible.

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Learning about the psychology of habits was a fascinating subject for us. If you're stuck in bad habits. Guess what? It's not 100% your fault. If you understand how habits are created, you understand how you can change them or replace them. In this episode, Matt & Imed discuss how habits can change your life or business for the worst or the best. 

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The book speaks for itself. It has a bold promise: Choose your perspective with 7 tips for high performance through intentional thinking. Free your mind to create and produce.   This episode is a little different. Imed & Matt respond to self-reflection questions from each chapter from a business perspective and answer them as openly as possible.  

Awareness :  

- Are you able to observe your thoughts as they randomly enter your mind? 

- What fearful thoughts have you had that turned out to be untrue or worries that did not come to pass? 

Acceptance and Action : 

- Where in your life can you let go and accept circumstances by seeing them in a different way? 

Positivity : 

- How do you handle criticism or disagreement? Productivity : 

- What are you obsessed with? - What distracts you the most?  

Patience :

- Do you compare your pace of living and achieving goals to others? If so, why? 

Creativity : 

- Is there someone in your life who will argue with you to make you see other sides of an idea or issue? 

Empathy And Gratitude : - how do you practice empathy and gratitude?

Do you regret the choices you made in your past? In this episode, we discuss different aspects of life: Habits, choices, and influences which can all affect you differently. Are you on the positive or negative side of it?

Learn the power of the compound effect and how small steps can help you achieve tremendous results in your personal and business life.

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Matt & Imed talked about niching down and specialization in the first part of this series. How many times have you wasted hours doing a proposal for NOTHING.  In this episode, we dive deep into how you can wear your specialist hat. But, most importantly, you learn how to value your time.

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Nowadays. We hear every time that you NEED to find your niche. Do you feel this obligation? The pressure?

In this episode, we talk about specialization. When is the right time to niche down into your industry, and why you shouldn't worry about it at the very beginning.

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Are you waiting to be "ready" to start something? Guess what. You'll never be ready—your life will change from the moment you understand that. In this episode, we follow the discussion on the book Steal Like An Artist. In this part, we enumerate actionable steps you can implement right away to help you start whatever you did put on the side for days, weeks, or maybe months.

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How to steal & avoid plagiarism as a creative was always controversial. What is precisely stealing? Isn't it wrong to do it? How can we do it the right way?  

There is a difference between inspiration and plagiarism. Matt & Imed dive deep to explain the difference of those terms further.‍  

Steal Like an Artist was a life-changing book for both Imed & Matt. Understanding how natural creativity is fueled. Understanding how professional creatives, musicians, painters, and even athletes get inspired. You develop a new perspective that can not only change your life but brings you to the next level. Let's jump right into the conversation.

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Welcome to Beyond the Book

We understand anyone who hates to read. We've been there, and we want to develop a world full of creative readers to help them transition from anti-readers to avid readers. It's always better late than never. Get started and implement actionable steps from the books we will discuss. Marketing, business, sales & negotiation, self-improvement, and any topic that can help us become better creatives. Together!