Relationships & Revenue Podcast

John continues his conversation with Walker Kimberly Brandt. In this episode, they discuss how forgiveness sets you free, improvisational cooking, and Walker's journey from acting and modeling to speaking and coaching. In Part 1, Walker shares her backstory, her faith journey, and why her book AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence is so important to her. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Part 1 recap [01:18] - Forgiveness is for you, not them [02:56] - AM vs FM radio analogy [04:33] - Finding your inner frequency & listening to your true voice [09:09] - What is improvisational cooking? [12:50] - Walker's first-ever audition for City Slickers [15:17] - Why Walker got into coaching [23:49] - Walker's ideal client [26:21] - Traits of a great leader [26:58] - Walker's definition of success [28:01] - How Walker invests in her marriage [30:48] - Best way to connect with Walker [32:46] - How Walker invests in her growth [35:05] - What Walker is most grateful for [36:29] - Closing thoughts NOTABLE QUOTES: "If I forgive you, somehow it benefits you. No, it benefits the one who does the forgiving. It really doesn't benefit the other person at all. It benefits you." "We, as human beings, often put shackles on ourselves." "We have a sense of freedom we know we have a right to, and a responsibility to give it to ourselves. A responsibility to recognize and acknowledge what we've been through, even when it wasn't ideal. We may judge those experiences, but they are part of us and part of our story." "There is a gift there for you, and somebody else needs to see you rise from yours, me rise from mine, and know that there is another choice." "You can achieve and check boxes all day long, but if, at the end of it all, you don't have that feeling of comfort with just you being you, and appreciating that you have a gift of life, and you're here, and that you have people that love you, and you're able to love people. To me, that's everything." "It's our humanity that makes a person feel safe, and seen, and heard, and cared for." "You can love, and be courageous, and trust that your vulnerability can be your superpower." "It really is helpful to not let an experience go without receiving all the gifts, if I can find them." USEFUL RESOURCES: https://walkerbrandt.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/walker-kimberly-brandt/ https://www.facebook.com/WalkerBrandtOfficial https://x.com/wlketlk https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105013/ https://www.youtube.com/@wlk713 AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence (https://a.co/d/hYaPkYX) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen X - https://x.com/johnhulen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

John talks with Walker Kimberly Brandt — actress, model, spokesperson, voiceover artist, coach, speaker, entrepreneur, author of AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence, and loving wife and mom. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [03:27] - God is the greatest artist [06:58] - John and Walker's daily gratitude habit [08:52] - Walker's background [09:38] - Meaning of "Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence" [12:07] - What is pain? [14:29] - Flip how you see pain [16:17] - How Viktor Frankl and Nelson Mandela reframed pain [19:04] - Walker's favorite acting project: Star Trek [22:29] - "People can only be where they are" [24:14] - Walker's faith in God [33:27] - Outro NOTABLE QUOTES: "God's understanding is greater than our own. The wisdom is beyond what we'll ever understand." "Allow yourself to be the student of life again." "If we can remember that resilience and that incredible mastery that we are, we'd be a lot more courageous, joyful, understanding, and tolerant of one another." "Pain is temporary, and pain always comes with a silver lining. There is always something to learn." "Let's introduce the possibility that your pain might be your greatest gift, even though it may take a moment to convince what you've learned and what has influenced your life that this is something you should avoid. This is something you're not avoiding. You don't even know it's mapping out your life. It has more power than your actual choices right now." "Why not just flip it (our idea of what pain means) and allow for the possibility that that pain is temporary, meaningful, and even helpful? There is something so powerful there, because it gives you an understanding of your capacity and an understanding that you're really never completely alone, because you've got you in every circumstance. We don't want pain, but sometimes it's exactly what you need if you want to get to the next level, or levels beyond your comprehension." "People can only be where they are. When you learn something, you want to bring people with you because you know it'll be better for them, but respecting that a person is where they are, offering the information, and letting them choose is really important, because it has to be a personal choice." USEFUL RESOURCES: https://walkerbrandt.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/walker-kimberly-brandt/ https://www.facebook.com/WalkerBrandtOfficial https://x.com/wlketlk https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0105013/ https://www.youtube.com/@wlk713 AWAKEN: Discovering Yourself Through the Light of Your Innocence (https://a.co/d/hYaPkYX) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen X - https://x.com/johnhulen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

John and Kurt continue their conversation. In this episode, they discuss how strong relationships help in both business and family life, why it's important for entrepreneurs to be good on camera, the value of personal branding, and how Kurt's company uses data to help businesses and political campaigns. In Part 1, they talked about Kurt's journey into political campaigns, how he built a successful fundraising company, and Liberty Spenders. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Recap of Part 1 [01:22] - Advice to entrepreneurs about being camera-ready [04:00] - "You are the brand" [04:54] - Does Kurt still help political fundraising? [05:45] - Kurt's ideal client [07:07] - How Mustard Seed uses data to target the right audience [09:14] - Statistics about political donors [10:43] - How much does it cost to run for President? [13:42] - Campaign finance rules and how Super PACs work [16:21] - How working with his wife has helped his family and business [21:24] - Kurt's definition of success [24:24] - #1 daily habit [24:54] - Traits of a great leader [26:12] - How Kurt invests in himself [28:15] - Creating memories with family [30:26] - How Kurt improves his marriage [31:23] - Best way to connect with Kurt [32:53] - Wrap-up NOTABLE QUOTES: "If you (entrepreneurs) don't have a lot of experience behind the camera, you need to work on that. It is a skill set. Don't just assume that because you're passionate about your thing, you're going to be good on camera, because I can promise you it's going to blow up in your face spectacularly." "Remember, you are the brand. You may have a company, you may have multiple companies, the companies fit under you as the brand. So if there ever comes a time where you remove yourself from the company, you sell the company, it's still you as the brand. Because if all you're focused on is that particular company and that becomes your branding, then if you sell it or leave it, it's like, 'Well, what do I do now?' You still have your branding when it's you." "If your problems are operational or you don't really know what you're selling yet, it's a little hard to pump in and build out a good marketing and brand strategy, because we're still not sure what we're marketing." "My wife and I are partners in the business, and I've always believed that's one of the reasons our marriage has been healthy. If one of us was building it and working all those extra hours while the other stayed at home feeling lonely and neglected … we'd have been in trouble. But we were always working on it together." "We started with a commitment that we took our vows seriously, that this was 'till death do us part.'" "I've got to do some stuff I don't want to do, because I don't want the consequence of a really ugly, unhappy marriage that I'm stuck in for 30 years." BOOK MENTIONED: Sacred Pace: Four Steps to Hearing God and Aligning Yourself with His Will by Terry Looper (https://a.co/d/bVRz3on) USEFUL RESOURCES: https://www.prospergroupcorp.com/ https://libertyspenders.com/ https://www.kurtluidhardt.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosper-group-corp/posts/?feedView=all https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtluidhardt/ https://www.instagram.com/kluidhardt/ https://www.facebook.com/ProsperGroup https://www.facebook.com/libertyspenders https://www.facebook.com/kurtluidhardt https://x.com/theprospergroup https://x.com/kurtluidhardt https://www.youtube.com/@Prospergroupcorp https://www.youtube.com/@luidhardts Liberty Spenders: How to Reach the $5 Trillion Market of High-Value, Conservative or Faith-Based Clients to Grow Your Business (https://a.co/d/bXFYB8C) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen X - https://x.com/johnhulen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

Episode 292 Reaching the $5 Trillion Market of Liberty Spenders with Kurt Luidhardt (Part 1) John talks with Kurt Luidhardt — CEO of The Prosper Group (an Inc. 500 fastest-growing company) and founder of Mustard Seed Interactive, expert in Liberty Spenders market segment, author of Liberty Spenders: How to Reach the $5 Trillion Market of High-Value, Conservative or Faith-Based Clients to Grow Your Business, loving husband and father. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Intro [01:11] - A little talk about sports and celebrity news [05:04] - Kurt's bio and backstory [08:23] - How Kurt started in political campaigns and met his wife [09:58] - Starting his marketing business [10:43] - How politics made him see the role of values in business [14:03] - Who are Liberty Spenders? [16:30] - Liberty Spenders book [18:45] - How people now prefer brands that match their values [21:29] - Advice for business people [23:14] - Position your values authentically in your branding and messaging [26:40] - The Five Ps of conviction-driven marketing [27:09] - #1: People – Understand your potential customers [27:25] - #2: Positioning your values in your branding [27:41] - #3: Passionate Story that gets your audience invested [28:11] - #4: Proof – Test your story and strategies [28:48] - #5: Have a proper Product Rollout NOTABLE QUOTES: "Where is real innovation happening? Where is real life-changing, world-changing, spirit-filled work happening? … It is happening among entrepreneurs." "If we just got the right politicians elected, the world would be a better place." "It's so much better to be something to somebody, to have 10,000 raving fans, than to be everything to nobody." "This is happening whether you like it or not. People are researching you when they're choosing a product to buy." "In this market right now, differentiation is such a big challenge. If you invent a product and you put it up on Amazon, you're selling great. It won't be more than 30–60 days before somebody, some business, knocks off your product and they're selling it on the same platform. But when you can connect with people based on their convictions and values, you have such a more powerful connection, and they become customers who are intensely loyal." "Start by understanding the people, not just your potential customers, but who you are." USEFUL RESOURCES: https://www.prospergroupcorp.com/ https://libertyspenders.com/ https://www.kurtluidhardt.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/prosper-group-corp/posts/?feedView=all https://www.linkedin.com/in/kurtluidhardt/ https://www.instagram.com/kluidhardt/ https://www.facebook.com/ProsperGroup https://www.facebook.com/libertyspenders https://www.facebook.com/kurtluidhardt https://x.com/theprospergroup https://x.com/kurtluidhardt https://www.youtube.com/@Prospergroupcorp https://www.youtube.com/@luidhardts Liberty Spenders: How to Reach the $5 Trillion Market of High-Value, Conservative or Faith-Based Clients to Grow Your Business (https://a.co/d/bXFYB8C) CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen X - https://x.com/johnhulen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/

John and Steven continue their discussion. They talk about why relationships matter so much in life and business, not just with others, but also with yourself. Steven explains how social media steals your time, why staying true to your goals is so important, and how the Sukha app helps people focus and get into a flow state. In Part 1, Steven shared his journey to Hollywood and leaving it all behind, starting over from scratch, and building The Sukha Company. Listen to this episode to learn more: [00:00] - Importance of relationships in life and business [01:02] - The value of having a good relationship with yourself [04:04] - Social media distraction explained [07:00] - Is Steven going to write a book? [10:50] - A story of success with the Sukha app [13:49] - How the Sukha company got its name [19:23] - Advice for married men [21:18] - Traits of a great leader [22:36] - Legacy Steven wants to leave behind [23:34] - How Steven invests in his growth [24:14] - Make memories with your children through experiences [26:22] - Best way to connect with Steven [32:31] - Wrap-up NOTABLE QUOTES: "What is the relationship with yourself? How do you have the relationship with yourself that allows you to affect the world around you in the way in which you want to affect it?" "We all have something great inside us, and the question of this lifetime is, are you going to get it out or not?" "If you want to be great yourself, you should be an individual contributor … but if you want to be a leader, then you need to look at everyone that you lead and say, 'What is their greatness? Okay, what are the conditions that they need to express that?' And then you're responsible for that." "Create the experiences, and it's not about how much you spend on it either. It can honestly be something as simple as a walk around the neighborhood with your kid, but you're intentional about it, intentional with the discussion you're having. It's those kinds of things that stick." "Do something, man. Move the world forward." BOOK MENTIONED: The Lessons of History by Ariel Durant and Will Durant (https://a.co/d/eXKfJXT) USEFUL RESOURCES: Email: [email protected] https://www.thesukha.co/ https://www.thesukha.co/media https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-puri/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0003065/ https://www.instagram.com/the_sukha_co/ https://www.facebook.com/steven.puri https://x.com/StevenPuri CONNECT WITH JOHN Website - https://iamjohnhulen.com LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhulen Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/johnhulen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johnhulen X - https://x.com/johnhulen YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLX_NchE8lisC4NL2GciIWA EPISODE CREDITS Intro and Outro music provided by Jeff Scheetz - https://jeffscheetz.com/