#57 The King Maker’s Mindset w/ Mike Berland - Founder and CEO of Decode_M

Mike Berland is the Founder and CEO of Decode_M, an insights and analytics firm research and analytics firm that decodes data into momentum for its clients. In a world that runs on data, Mike strongly believes that everything is knowable, you just have to know where to look. Throughout his career, he has represented prominent political figures, major companies and social movements. Prior to founding Decode_M, he was the CEO of the insights and analytics arm of Edelman Public Relations, Edelman Berland, and President of the research and political polling firm Penn, Schoen & Berland. Website: https://www.decode-m.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Decode-M-115056910035445/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Decode_Momentum  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decode_momentum/ Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you.  03:30 What Mike learned in YPO  04:45 Who are Mike’s customers  08:45 The state of politics in Illinois  14:00 The similarities between business and politics   24:00 Identifying the momentum drivers for a company   25:45 Abundance 360 and moonshots   28:15 Disruption and polarization  32:00  Social impact   35:30 Being negative vs being positive  41:45 Mike’s childhood and 9/10/2001   46:45 Post 9/11 and the NHL  53:30 Public relations and momentum   1:00:00 Getting into the momentum mindset  1:03:45 Are things coming back to normal?  1:13:45 Mike’s family   1:17:45 Mike’s take on politics   1:21:15 Chris’ takeaways Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO:  Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/  Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO  Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg