Elevate Your Standards with Derrick Lawter

Joe Mccarthy is the head of sales of Grow With Us Agency and at only 19, he has closed sales well into the upper 6 figures. He is a monster young sales professional who embodies the exact qualities we focus on in this podcast. Joe is a friend of mine and absolutely a young entrepreneur to keep your eye on in the future.

In this episode, we drill down on the tactics Joe uses to close high ticket deals in various industries...

Josh Forti is a world-class marketer, master storyteller, and host of The Josh Forti Effect. He brings a unique approach to marketing, encouraging entrepreneurs and companies to perfect their master story and watch as it changes their results.

In this episode, we drill down on his background in marketing, some wild stories from travels across the world, and what part faith plays in his career. Josh also breaks down step b...

Sales funnels are changing the marketing industry.

After seeing the efficiency of funnels firsthand, I knew the power they had to help small businesses boost their leads, elevate their ROI, and increase their revenue. So I made it my mission to help other small businesses and entrepreneurs grow their companies without learning an entirely new world of marketing.

I started Funnel Construction to accomplish this goal. I want to share w...

Sales is the lifeblood of any company or business. In fact, being able to sell or convince somebody to work with you is one of the most important skills you can learn in this lifetime. Many people have a negative outlook on sales when in reality, they sell every day. 

Join your host Derrick Lawter as he walks through the 3 steps that you can take to overcome your fear of sales. We start by breaking down the three types of...

For most people, 2022 will be exactly like 2021 and the previous years of their life. The bottom line is that if you do not change your actions and habits, the results will not change. However, if you are willing to commit to making change and finding what it takes to achieve your goals, this episode is for you.

Join your host Derrick Lawter as he walks through the 3 steps that you can take to make 2022 the best year of yo...

Do you find yourself negotiating promises you made to yourself? Why do you not give yourself the same respect that you would give your boss or a mentor?

For most people, this happens all the time. We make a promise to ourselves, like eating right or working out, and when the time comes, we talk ourselves out of it. We negotiate with ourselves. However, if you made that same promise to a role model that you knew was watchin...

You hear me talk about discipline a lot, and for good reason. Discipline is the fuel that keeps the fire going in our journey to success. Why do most people quit before they win, why do most traders lose money, and why do most businesses fail? The long complicated answers all come down to one common theme: a lack of discipline.

In this episode, we talk about the "Big 3" and how discipline holds them all together....

A lot of the roadblocks and walls that we run into are caused by the subconscious programming in our minds. From a young age, everything we consume plays a part in forming our beliefs and limits of the world.

The only limits that really exist are the ones you set on yourself. When we retrain our subconscious mind to support our wants and desires, we find that the world acts much more in our favor. The biggest enemy you hav...

Can You Remember The Last Promise You Made To Yourself?

Maybe it was that your diet starts on Monday. Or maybe that you are going to start working out next week. Chances are, that promise wasn't a promise at all, but just a hope. 

I'm sure you can think of some people who you don't like to let down in this life. Were you one of those people you thought of? Are you ok with letting yourself down? So m...

Guess what? Life is hard. The good news is as humans, we get to choose what path of hard we want to take.

Discipline is hard. So is living a life of regret.

Being a good partner is hard. So is being alone.

Staying in shape is hard. So are the health problems of obesity. 

No path in life is easy. The shortcut that you think is making your life easy is actually setting you up for hard times in the ...

Life is not designed to reward you for reaching one ultimate goal. Instead, the foundation of growth and success is routinely meeting small goals and taking steps forward. This is what I like to call the infinite staircase. 

Too many people have a vision of achieving success and then being done. They have a place they want to get to and will be happy and done working when that goal is achieved. Understand that the staircas...

Many people are simply waiting for 2020 to be over in a hope that 2021 comes along and solves all of their issues. While 2020 has been a tough year for everyone, we have to take the burden on yourself to make 2021 better.

We all have problems that existed before 2020, and they will continue to exist after this year is gone. Waiting for the date to change will only lead to more disappointment when January 1st comes and the ...

Do you have a craft you are on the path to mastering?

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Many people bounce back and forth between different games their whole life. They often pick something up for a couple of months, then quickly give it up as soon as the going gets hard. At the first sign of resistance, most people quit.

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Because of this attitude, very few ever get to experience the rewards of mastering a craft. When you spend the har...

How many opportunities are missed by capable people simply because they are afraid of rejection?

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In reality, there is no reason to fear rejection. Rejection is a sign that we are pushing out of our comfort zone and attempting to add new things to our life or career.

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The real damage is done when we avoid opportunities out of fear of being rejected. When we fail to even try, we sell ourselves short on wh...

Fear and uncertainty are often viewed as emotions to avoid at all costs. Fear is not an indication of something you should avoid, but rather a sign that there is a chance for you to grow. When you feel uncertain about a task or a new opportunity, you need to ask yourself if the emotion is coming from a place of fear. If we continue to run away from fear and avoid it, we will never take the opportunities life gives us to push out of...

Often we focus too much on results and not enough on the processes that allow us to achieve them. You will often hear people in sports say to "Trust The Process"; but what does that really mean? The idea of attacking the process is that by consistently doing the work required, and doing it the right way, the results will take care of themselves. Find your process and make a commitment to attack it every day! You will be s...

Why does Self Care get pushed to the back in our society today? The reason is actually pretty simple for most people: When taking care of yourself, it feels like you are not getting anything done! When you have stacks of work or tasks that you know need to be completed, taking care of yourself can almost feel counter-productive. In reality, the self-care tasks are the most important ones on your list! By taking care of yourself you...

Risk is often misrepresented in our society. People view risk as a negative term and one that can taint decisions in a negative light. In reality, the risk is a necessary factor to success and in order to achieve your goals, you must become a master at working with and taking risks. In this episode, we talk about if you are taking enough risk in your life, strategies for how to evaluate risk, and how to judge decisions based on ris...