Vivá La Visionary™ Podcast

Coach Bob Shenefelt
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Vivá La Visionary™ is about celebrating and elevating the Visionary entrepreneur. This podcast is for and about Visionaries to share experience and wisdom. Being a Visionary can be exhilarating but also challenging. Diving into the pitfalls, as well as the successes, can really help those on the same journey feel seen and understood. Ultimately we create a platform for Visionaries to unleash themselves and others. Hosted by Coach Bob Shenefelt, who has been coaching Visionaries for nearly 30 years. He is the founder of The Visionary Forum™, iMatter™ and Author of Unscatter the Chatter™.

  1. 2d ago

    The Virtual Assistant Industry Grew 475% Since Covid. Here's Why.. | Ryan Angott

    Can AI really change the Virtual Assistant industry? Ryan Angott has built four companies and generated over $50 million in revenue. Before any of that, he was a sixteen-year-old burning CDs in his bedroom because he saw an opportunity nobody else at his school did.. He walked away from a great job at a cybersecurity company, a job with real money and real freedom, to bet on himself.  Now he runs Strategic Assistant Staffing, a company built on faith and culture where the churn rate is a fifth of the industry average, and he's teaching other business owners how AI is changing what staffing even means. What we covered: 🡒 How a CD-burning side hustle at sixteen planted the entrepreneur seed 🡒 What three and a half years without a paycheck actually teaches you 🡒 The real difference between an entrepreneur, a visionary, and an owner 🡒 Why AI is reshaping the virtual assistant industry🡒 The "delegate and elevate" exercise that can put six figures back in your business 🡒 Faith, family, and building a culture people don't want to leave Thank you Ryan for showing up honest, tired admission and all, and for five years of friendship, business, and building alongside each other. Appreciate you brother! *Chapters* 00:00 – Welcome & Intro 01:36 – The entrepreneur gene: meet Ryan's dad, "Doc Brown" 02:26 – Burnt Tracks LLC: the $8,000 CD hustle 08:04 – Betting it all: leaving Cylance for Techlok 10:58 – Building a legacy for his daughters 15:48 – Entrepreneur, visionary, or owner? Defining the difference 19:13 – Building Strategic Assistant Staffing 26:02 – The AI revolution reshaping the VA industry 30:40 – Faith, family, and the future of work 40:18 – Delegate and elevate: turning overhead into profit  *Connect with Ryan* https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-angott/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/strategic-assistant-staffing/home/  https://www.instagram.com/ryanangott/ https://www.instagram.com/strategic_assistant/ https://www.facebook.com/strategicassistant/  ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob*https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! -- Catch new episodes of Vivá La Visionary!™ Podcast every Friday! Tune in for real conversations and plenty of ideas worth taking with you into the weekend, and on your everyday life!  *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com #Entrepreneurship #BetOnYourself #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #AI #VirtualAssistant #EntrepreneurMindset #BusinessOwner #FaithAndBusiness #Delegation

  2. Sep 25

    Ten Years of Believing He Wasn't Smart Enough | Steve Acho

    Steve Acho is a pop-rock songwriter with over 60 million streams on Spotify! Now he calls himself a Human Performance Architect, and once you hear his story, the title makes sense. There's a piece of that story most people never get to. At seven years old, one confusing piano lesson convinced Steve he wasn't smart enough for music. That belief followed him around for ten years. What we covered: 🡒 The steal man vs. straw man technique for actually being heard 🡒 Why knowing something is the same as not knowing it 🡒 Asking AI, and yourself, the right question instead of the fast one 🡒 What separates visionaries who finish from visionaries who only start 🡒 Why Seth Godin throws out the scale on his own work The people who change the fastest aren't the ones with the most willpower. They're the ones who found a way to see themselves getting better. Thank you, Steve, for taking the time to sit down and share your story with me! Glad to have you in this episode! *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 02:00 Steve's many commas: Japan, comedy, and 60 million streams 04:00 Unity over division: the line he stole from Mother Teresa 10:00 Wisdom is deathbed clarity, long before the deathbed 12:30 Steal man vs. straw man: the fastest way to be heard 18:00 School never taught us how to learn, only what to know 27:50 Ten years of "I'm not smart enough," undone in fifteen minutes 32:00 A smarter question than NASA asked about pens in space 37:30 Throw out the scale: Seth Godin's radical focus 41:00 What makes a visionary, and why you can only hold forty  *Connect with Steve* https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveacho/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/steveacho-music/  https://www.instagram.com/steveacho/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/Steveachomusic/ ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! -- Catch new episodes of Vivá La Visionary!™ Podcast every Friday! Tune in for real conversations and plenty of ideas worth taking with you into the weekend, and on your everyday life!  *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  3. Sep 18

    He Turned a Game of Catch Into Organ Donation Law | David Galbenski

    David Galbenski built a legal staffing company out of his parents' basement with $2,000. Then life turned. He went into end-stage liver disease from a rare autoimmune condition, and the only reason he's here today is his brother-in-law Mark, who gave him part of his own liver. Dave didn't just say thank you and move on. He and his wife built the Living Liver Foundation to support transplant families and living donors, and used baseball, having a catch, as the picture for what a donor gives a recipient. From there, they passed three separate bills in Michigan protecting living donors from losing income, insurance, or their jobs. What we covered: 🡒 Building Lumen Legal from a basement to a 27-year exit 🡒 Leading the Entrepreneurs' Organization as Global Chair 🡒 The liver transplant that changed how he sees every day 🡒 Have a catch: baseball as a metaphor for organ donation 🡒 Passing three bills in Michigan to protect living donors Thank you, Dave, for sitting down with me and telling me this much of your story. Twenty-six years of friendship, and you still had things to teach me. Glad to have a talk with you, brother! *Chapters* 0:00 Intro 1:00 From a Basement Startup to a 27-Year Exit 6:00 Leading the Entrepreneurs' Organization Around the World 11:00 Building the Global School of Entrepreneurship and Big Rock Leaders 19:08 The Rock His Dad Made With His Own Hands 25:30 A Mentor's Lesson: 100 Problems a Day 30:30 The Liver Transplant That Changed Everything 33:00 Have a Catch: Baseball as a Metaphor for Organ Donation 36:00 The Triple Play of Legislation in Michigan 41:33 AI, Visionary Intelligence, and Vivá la Visionary  *Connect with David* https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgalbenski/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/big-rock-leaders/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/living-liver-foundation/  https://www.instagram.com/davegalbenski/?hl=enhttps://www.instagram.com/livingliver/ https://www.facebook.com/livingliverfoundation/  https://bigrockleaders.com/ https://livingliver.org/  ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  4. Sep 11

    Why 180 Law Firms Call Him Before Anyone Else | Mike Morse

    Mike Morse built the largest personal injury law firm in Michigan. Over a billion dollars recovered for clients. A bestselling book called Fireproof. A coaching program that now serves 180 law firms across the country. In this episode, Mike shared to me how he learned what a leadership team could actually do for him. Then he found a coach for 19 years. Along the way he started giving away backpacks by the hundreds of thousands and refused to put his own name on a single one. What we covered: 🡒 How the book Fireproof got its name in a friend's basement 🡒 The night his building burned down 🡒 What changed once he finally learned to delegate 🡒 Why he gives away backpacks and won't brand a single one 🡒 What almost two decades with the same coach taught him about accountability Thank you, Mike, for sharing your story and time out of a day full of connections to sit down with me. I appreciate you! *Chapters* 0:00 Intro 1:00 How Fireproof Got Its Name 5:07 The Night the Building Burned Down 7:15 From Bestseller to Coaching 180 Law Firms 15:42 What 19 Years With a Coach Taught Him About Delegation 22:29 Why Having the Playbook Isn't Enough 25:04 Project Backpack and Giving Without Branding 32:44 Every Entrepreneur Is a Marketer 40:49 Connection, Vulnerability, and Hope for the Future 53:14 What It Means to Live Like a Visionary  *Connect with Mike* linkedin.com/in/michaeljmorse linkedin.com/company/fireproof-performance/  https://www.instagram.com/855mikewins/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/fireproofperformance/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/fireproofperformance/  ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob*https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  5. Sep 4

    One Question That Changes Everything: Whose Dream Am I Living? | Rob Dube

    Rob Dube sold candy out of his high school locker before he ever sold anything else. That locker turned into imageOne, a company he ran for over 25 years, and imageOne turned into a life spent teaching other driven people how to slow down. Rob shares the story of the last twenty minutes with his mother, and the question one of his own students asked that he hasn't stopped thinking about since. What we covered: 🡒 Letting go of the identity we build around our businesses 🡒 Why "whose dream am I living?" changed the course of someone's whole life 🡒 What it looked like to finally grieve his mother, and his kids leaving home 🡒 The Do Nothing Retreat, and why five days of silence terrifies most driven people Rob's been one of my closest friends and former client 25 years ago, and this conversation reminded me why. We don't always need more answers. Sometimes we just need to slow down enough to hear the ones we already have. Thank you, Rob, for showing up and sitting with me in this podcast. It means more than you know. *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:04 Old friends, old lessons: 25 years of history 09:57 Letting go of control and scarcity 16:06 Identity, business, and letting go 20:40 Stillness and grief 27:40 Adversity as an honor 30:17 From integrator to visionary: the birth of Do Nothing 39:44 Space, piddling, and synchronicity 45:12 Say it before they're gone 49:38 Holding his mother as she passed  *Connect with Rob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/robdube/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/the10disciplines/  https://www.instagram.com/robddube/ robddubehttps://www.instagram.com/the10disciplines/ the10disciplineshttps://www.facebook.com/the10disciplines/  ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob*https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  6. Aug 28

    Winning Isn’t About Beating Anyone | Matt Elliott

    Matt Elliott has spent thirty-five years in banking; fourteen at Bank of America, where he ended up running the whole state of Michigan. One morning he woke up sure he was having a heart attack… it ended up being the moment he realized he was completely out of capacity. Not only to run his business, but to run himself. He stepped back and wrote his book Overloaded, and built a framework around the one thing he wishes someone had taught him decades earlier: you can do anything, but you can't do everything. In this episode of The Vivá La Visionary Podcast we covered: 🡒 The Power of And, plus why the best leaders refuse to choose between growth or people, speed or quality 🡒 What Google discovered about psychological safety 🡒 Writing his own eulogy before his dad's funeral 🡒 Moving from selling to compelling, from deal guy to connector 🡒 Why he calls himself a recovering deal guy Thank you, Matt, for driving in and giving me your morning. I appreciate you coming on the show! *Chapters* 0:00 – Intro 1:00 – Morning meditation and owning the day 2:51 – From structured banking to entrepreneurial reinvention 4:21 – The panic attack that changed everything 6:44 – Overloaded and the Power of & 10:00 – From deal guy to networking for others 14:34 – Redefining winning and legacy 18:52 – His dad's funeral and writing his own eulogy 25:38 – Psychological safety and the Ford turnaround 30:02 – From Prince to Sage: letting go of the vine 35:20 – Capacity, change, and what Viva La Visionary means  *Connect with Matt* https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-elliott-4866b58/ http://linkedin.com/company/blue-lake-ideas/  ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  7. Aug 21

    Her Identity Was Her Business | Carrie Schochet

    Carrie Schochet has spent almost 20 years finding perfect fit hires for companies. But because of Purple Squirrel Advisors rapid success, Carrie found her personal identity tethered to her business. Only when life threw new challenges at her did she realize this. But with new pursuits, Carrie untangled her identity and grew into an entrepreneur rooted in a deeper passion for solving problems. On this episode of Vivá La Visionary, we covered: 🡒 How Purple Squirrel Advisors got its name 🡒 Starting a gluten-free cookie company after her celiac diagnosis 🡒 Turning a housing crisis into a business that helps displaced families 🡒 Letting go of the idea that her business was her identity 🡒 What she learned about herself on a mountain retreat Thank you to Carrie for making time to sit down with me - I'm grateful you shared with our audience! *Chapters*00:00 - Intro 01:32 - Why Carrie named her company Purple Squirrel Advisors 03:39 - The day a stranger told her the name was a mistake 05:41 - The biggest mistake visionaries make when hiring 10:14 - The maternity leave moment that changed her career 14:41 - The celiac diagnosis that turned into a cookie company 17:39 - How she does it all, and learning to say no 20:49 - Why she's on this planet 25:19 - Letting go of the idea that her business is her identity 30:02 - What the mountain retreat taught her  *Connect with Carrie* https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrieschochetrecruiter/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/purple-squirrel-advisors/  https://www.instagram.com/schochet/ https://www.facebook.com/purplesquirreladvisors/ ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolutionhttps://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

  8. Aug 14

    The Power of Losing Control | Joe Caruso

    Joe Caruso has spent his life studying one question: “Why do we believe what we believe about ourselves, and what does that belief cost us?” At 18 he was diagnosed with cancer doctors said had no cure. But when a nurse heard him talking about his death, she told him he'd already decided it couldn't be him, a comment that changed Joe’s life. That moment became the seed of a career. Joe went on to write The Power of Losing Control, advise CEOs and Admirals, and build Caruso Leadership around one idea… The stories we tell ourselves are the ones that shape us. IN this episode, we covered: → The three questions that tell you if an idea is a business, a lifestyle, or a cause → Why Joe asks every client "how's your mind today" → What allegorical listening means and why it matters more than the words someone says → The liminal state between sleep and waking, and how to stay in it longer → Why home is a mindset, not a location Thank you Joe for your time - appreciate you coming to this podcast episode with me! *Chapters* 00:00 Intro 01:00 How Joe met Bob and Cheryl 26 years ago 02:52 The three questions: business, lifestyle, or cause 07:16 Allegorical listening and the story underneath the story 20:26 Cancer at 18 and the nurse who changed everything 30:16 Narrative wins, myth, and Homer's Odyssey 35:47 The liminal state between sleep and waking 44:16 What home actually means 57:45 The stroke and the phrase "stroke of genius" 1:00:58 Perspicacity, cup of Joe, and what Viva la Visionary means *Connect with Joe Caruso* https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephacaruso/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/carusoleadership/ ~~~ *Connect with Coach Bob* https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-shenefelt https://www.instagram.com/imatterrevolution https://www.facebook.com/iMatterRevolution https://x.com/iMatterCoachBob 📌 Subscribe for weekly conversations with visionaries, founders, and thought leaders! *Prefer to listen?* Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/4iCo6LWV5VJO15Tz9PTIVo Apple → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1896824840 Want to connect with entrepreneurial Visionaries who share your passion for making a real impact? 🌐 https://www.imatter.com

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Vivá La Visionary™ is about celebrating and elevating the Visionary entrepreneur. This podcast is for and about Visionaries to share experience and wisdom. Being a Visionary can be exhilarating but also challenging. Diving into the pitfalls, as well as the successes, can really help those on the same journey feel seen and understood. Ultimately we create a platform for Visionaries to unleash themselves and others. Hosted by Coach Bob Shenefelt, who has been coaching Visionaries for nearly 30 years. He is the founder of The Visionary Forum™, iMatter™ and Author of Unscatter the Chatter™.

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