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Hotshot Book Launch with Hilary Jastram

Scott Mulvaney — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000

Enjoy This August 2021 Book Launch Throwback Episode:

I took a big break during 2021 to ensure we could finish launching my first book, “So You Want To Be A Hotshot” and well, we did it! This podcast episode was originally a Facebook LIVE video on my personal feed there during our book launch day. So please listen in with my editor and publisher partner, Hilary and I celebrate and discuss lessons learned. With 20+ years in the digital marketing trenches, J . Hill Marketing & Creative Services is the expert. Period. Here is Hilary’s bio below.

Quote: You OWE it to your book to take time and not rush it!

~ Hilary Jastram

I am the founder of J. Hil Creative, a marketing agency specializing in premier copywriting, editing, and book editing for Fortune 500 brands and the “one-percent” superstar entrepreneurs. Bookmark Publishing House, a division of J. Hil Creative, was born out of necessity when the inquiries I put out to help authors publish their masterpieces gained traction. Now, it is Bookmark that demands most of my time–and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Authors who come to me get a genuine assessment of what they need to do to reach the book publishing finish line. I am qualified to teach them as this is a road I have traveled myself.

It’s important that an author works with an editor who has been in the book writing trenches–who is an author themselves. So the process is one of not just empathy but sympathy. When I tell authors I understand their confusion and overwhelm, their fear of releasing their book baby into the world, I absolutely mean it. This is why I love being a book coach so much! There is nothing like being witness to a writer’s strength growing in ways that surprise even them. I tell myself every day that I have the best job on the planet.

Since 2016, Bookmark has helped over 100 authors everywhere get published! That’s a number I’m pretty proud of. I attribute our success to my incredible team of experts ranging from proofers, formatters, designers, marketers, copywriters, and editors.

Another one of my labors of love is the Go Book Yourself podcast that allows authors to master writing, marketing, and publishing one byte at a time. It’s my hope that this podcast will provide peace of mind through the sharing of relevant and road-tested tips, tricks, and industry insights, so authors can gain the confidence they need to move forward on the steps to publication.

As you are about to learn, there’s no feeling like becoming an author in the entire world. Wearing the crown of authorhood belongs solely to you. Nothing can ever take it away. And in my eyes, nothing can ever beat it.

Although my time is dedicated mainly to Bookmark, I am available for copywriting, publishing, and marketing consultations. Please reach out using the Contact option on the menu at the top of the page. I can’t wait to speak with you soon!

Today’s Top 3 Takeaways:

Be patient with the process, even a Hotshot can struggle.
Stay inspired to ensure your motivation to the end.
Partner with the right professional to push you to the finish line

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Timestamped Show Notes:

00:30 – Introduction

10:25 – I have to stay sane and married. So I’m gonna make a command decision right now to do those things. I admired your dedication. I admired your focus, and you came back to it. So some people don’t come back to it. I don’t know why this is.

17:10 – You already had that commitment. I think he was robbed but what stuck out for me and what I just kind of chuckled over and I really enjoyed watching you get into and wade around in… You fully immersed yourself in the total geekiness of living as a minimalist. That that was joyful for me.

22:30 – So I do mention that in the book. There’s already been a movie about the Granite Mountain Hotshots who passed away June 30, 2013. I got to serve alongside of them with my crew Pleasant Valley Hotshots in 2010, 2011, on different fires. Then, unfortunately, when I stepped away from the profession, they ended up passing away. 19 of the 20 men lost their lives on the Yarnell Hill fire on June 30, 2013 trying to protect the town of Yarnell outside of Prescott, Arizona.

30:35 – It’s not you, it’s me. I think my line was, man I was such a douche, I think my line was, was like, listen, I can be gone for a month at a time or two months at a time. It’s not fair to you or I to take those matters of the heart like that so lightly. Honestly, deep down, I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to risk my heart, I was shut down. I saw people on my crew struggling, being engaged, being married, worrying about people cheating on you while you’re gone. So I was like, dude, this is only for like, sometimes four to six weeks. I can’t imagine people in the military what they go through. It took a lot of years of work to pull my head out of my ass after this.

40:00 – Well, I’ll tell you what I think what you’re doing here is right. So when you take on a book, it used to be, I’m going to write a book and that’s going to be the focus. I’m going to write a book and then I’m going to do this, then I’m going to do this, and I’m going to do this, once you’ve done “this”, you launch a multi-prong campaign. That is exactly what you should be doing. So if there’s anything that I want people to take away today, it is to wrap your mind around the fact that you’re not just an author, you are a marketer, you will be whether you’re self-publishing, going with the publisher or a traditional publisher, whatever the case is. You will be expected to come to the table as a marketer.

50:00 –

46:15 – Final Words Shown Below…

Our Final Words of the Show:

If you can’t sell your own book… Alright. So my friends, my family, my followers, please help push this out there. Now again, all profits go to charity, I’m not messing around. It tells you right an Amazon. It’s literally on the back of the book. I started my own foundation, that was one of the things that happened because of writing the book. I want to be able to make sure and guarantee people that money is going to charity.

FUEL Foundations is legit 501-C3 nonprofit that I registered over a year ago. I didn’t plan on doing it until writing the book because then I realized, wait a minute, what if certain firefighting benefiting communities or charities either go defunct, or all of a sudden get shady. I need to ensure that people’s money is being put in the right hands. If I only aligned with one charity on the book, well, then I can’t help others. So this is one way that we can literally ensure that this book’s success can be benefiting multiple organizations for years to come!

Positive Actions:

My New Book is LIVE! Go get “So You Want To Be A Hotshot”!

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111: Former Firefighting MortgagePreneur with Shane Kidwell

Scott Mulvaney — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Injured Firefighter Turned MortgagePreneur Co-Host:

Our co-host today was a professional firefighter for 12 years. Shane Kidwell worked at the busiest station on the west coast. While working in his dream job, he was injured and left with chronic back pain. That lifestyle transition helped him realize that he needed something to fall back on. So Shane began working in the mortgage business part-time. Last year he took the leap, retired early from the fire department (at 34 years old) and began his own branch and team. During Shane’s first year fully retired, their team did $70,000,000 in production and he made more money in one year doing this than he would have in 8 years as a fireman. Shane is now growing his team locally, as well as nationwide. He has spoken at business seminars and coaching summits for some of the nations top loan officers. Shane also has a 12 part webinar series beginning in September with 4 other high producing loan officer/branch managers. He’s been married to a lovely wife Fernanda for 9 years and they have seen 4 of the 7 ancient wonders of the world. Our goal is to see all 7.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”00:50″] Introducing Shane.
[spp-timestamp time=”02:10″] Shane Kidwell joins us.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:15″] Relating the firefighting lifestyle and its impact on our romantic lives.
[spp-timestamp time=”06:25″] Marriage takes time and commitment. Talking about the impacts of entrepreneurship and firefighting. At the end of the day, I can always generate more revenue, I can’t generate more time.
[spp-timestamp time=”07:00″] Shane’s WHY for his lifestyle change.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:50″] The Peacockers.
[spp-timestamp time=”10:10″] Growing up entrepreneurial, going from 7 figures to no figures overnight and his mom not being able to cash a check.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:30″] Shane will bet you a steak dinner… If you had a struggle today, you can find somebody who has had that exact same struggle, made it through that struggle, and can save you time/money by learning from them.
[spp-timestamp time=”15:00″] Grant Cardone’s 10X Rule.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:00″] Starting with nothing with Fairway and working as a one-man band.
[spp-timestamp time=”29:40″] Shane fires his boss.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:00″] Talking bulletproof coffee in regards to the dairy impact concerns.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:10″] Empowering People To Be Awesome. Building Systems. Relating to the E-Myth Revisited book.
[spp-timestamp time=”40:30″] Shane’s business DNA is in all of his team.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:10″] Losing his father when he was 7 and getting inspired to give back in business. The more income we generate, the more we give back.
[spp-timestamp time=”41:35″] People don’t want to work with robots. They don’t want to pay robots. They want to work with people they can crack a cold one with!
[spp-timestamp time=”42:08″] We get more done in 5 days vs what other people do in 7.
[spp-timestamp time=”52:10″] Connecting for THRIVE: Make Money Matter in Las Vegas this year. #thrivetribe
[spp-timestamp time=”53:30″] Always Compete by Pete Carroll of the Seahawks.
[spp-timestamp time=”54:15″] Shane isn’t going to change himself to slow down for you, YOU need to pick up the pace!
[spp-timestamp time=”58:30″] On pace to do $110 Million this year! What’s coming next…
[spp-timestamp time=”59:00″] His new goal for Clean Water in Africa and the time freedom to visit all the wells.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:03:10″] Bringing back the juice for his team from the THRIVE event.
[spp-timestamp time=”01:04:30″] Final Words

[spp-tweet tweet=”Empowering People To Be Awesome! @SHANEKLOANS “]

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Final Words:

Make sure that every ounce of everything you do, in every second of every day, is powerful and it’s impactful for people. It’s not bad if that brings you financial gain, but make sure you give that financial gain back. Have a bigger purpose in life and have a vision of where you want to end up. Make sure you’re actually going towards that vision.

Action Steps:

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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104: Attend THRIVE: Make Money Matter in Las Vegas

Scott Mulvaney — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Your THRIVE: Make Money Matter Co-Host:

Besides being the event founder, our co-host today is about helping us also understand how to “Make Life Matter”.

Who Is Cole Hatter:

Growing up I always knew I wanted to do something important with my life. I did not want to sneak through life unnoticed and arrive at my grave safely; I wanted to shake things up, make a difference, matter, be remembered, and have a blast while doing it. I believe most people would like to live a life that looks something like that.

So, I decided to become a firefighter. What better way to give back, make a difference, and live a meaningful life than a career serving others? Unfortunately, that dream was cut short by 2 accidents 2 months apart that left me in a wheel chair. Based on my injuries at that time, firefighting was out.

My body was physically broken, my heart emotionally broken, and my bank account…it was “broke” too.

Out of desperation and an uncertain future, I pursued entrepreneurship. Fast-forward a few years, and I’ve started several multi-million dollar businesses, I’m living what others tell me is a dream life, and sure enough, it’s the life I dreamed of having. It’s important to know how to make the kind of money you’ve always dreamed of making, but it’s more important to not sacrifice actually living your life while you do it.

Being rich financially is meaningless if you’re bankrupt emotionally, spiritually, in your relationships, and in your purpose.

On This Episode You Will Hear:

[spp-timestamp time=”01:10″] The THRIVE TRIBE Podcast! #thrivetribe
[spp-timestamp time=”02:10″] Former Firefighting Brotherhood
[spp-timestamp time=”02:45″] Life-changing car accident path for life.
[spp-timestamp time=”03:00″] A wheelchair and learning to walk again.
[spp-timestamp time=”04:35″] Losing all his money in the recession.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:15″] Michael O’Neal of Solohour.com helping me find this event in 2016.
[spp-timestamp time=”05:45″] This was originally just a one-off idea.
[spp-timestamp time=”08:45″] Creation of #thrivetribe in 2016 and Cole’s mantra of “Make Life Matter”.
[spp-timestamp time=”09:40″] Writing the wrong book first? The “Making Things Matter” guy.
[spp-timestamp time=”11:35″] Shaun T the fitness mogul speaking thanks to a shared Mastermind Group.
[spp-timestamp time=”12:35″] Two Billionaire Speakers!
[spp-timestamp time=”13:25″] If you listen long enough, Tai Lopez and his Psychology just makes sense.
[spp-timestamp time=”14:00″] The post-it story of Lori Harder’s must-meet with Cole Hatter.
[spp-timestamp time=”16:30″] Jayson Gaignard’s mastermind.
[spp-timestamp time=”20:00″] Stop the “Once I…” game and Just Do It Now!
[spp-timestamp time=”21:20″] Jack Canfield’s BHAG aka Big Hairy Audacious Goals!
[spp-timestamp time=”29:00″] The importance of Skin in the Game and Cole’s body fat % goals, financial fitness commitments, and his transformations.
[spp-timestamp time=”35:20″] The “Can’t Comes”, investing the least amount in relation to our commitments.
[spp-timestamp time=”38:00″] Go old school, write it down to memorize better.
[spp-timestamp time=”42:30″] Final Words

Make Life Matter – Cole Hatter

[spp-tweet tweet=”Stop our nonsense and do it now. Attend #THRIVE17 @colehatter @LIVETHEFUEL “]

Links and Resources:

People Mentioned:

Final Words:

This is our one at bat. Your net worth has nothing to do with your human worth. Having more money does not make you a better person, however, it gives you more options.

Knowing this is our only chance at life and guessing that you want to do something meaningful with the life you have… Go start a business, make it at as lucrative and as profitable as you possibly can. Live your dream life, with your abundance and the financial leftovers, make your money matter to accelerate your cause. Go out and change the world.

Final Parting Words: Go out there, make a ton of money, make it matter, let that FUEL your cause and your dream. Start a “For Purpose Business” to change the world instead of a non-profit.

Action Steps:

Please Submit an iTunes Show Rating & Review, we need more reviews to increase our ranking and appearance. We love 5 Stars!
Join THE FUEL TANK our community on Facebook! – “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” ~ Quote by Jim Rohn
Be sure to check out our Resources and a reminder to “Keep Living The Fired Up Epic Life everyone!” #livethefuel

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