CL043: Entrepreneur Aaron Walker on the value of Masterminds and giving

Aaron Walker is a Nashville based entrepreneur, coach and founder of ViewfromtheTop.com. Aaron started the first of his eight businesses when he was only 18 years old and by the time he was 27 he had sold it to a Fortune 500 company. Today he helps men who want to live a life of success and significance and he does this through personal coaching, online courses and mastermind groups. In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast, Aaron tells us about facilitating his 7 mastermind groups and his book entitled "View From The Top". Aaron also shares with us how he fell in love with the process of the mastermind group, when he was invited by Dave Ramsey. This was Aaron's biggest game changer. "We gotta have something to do that is meaningful and purposeful." "If you're building your business to quit, stop doing that. You need to build your business to grow a business that can make more money." - Aaron Walker Aaron Walker Show Notes: The power of the mastermind group (1:38) The role of the trusted advisor and coach (5:36) Finding his purpose after selling his first business (6:12) Building relationships intentionally (14:00) Giving video testimonials (16:37) LinkedIn Recommendations (17:01) Being the Energizer Bunny (18:57)  Favorite Tools: Personal Assessment Worksheet What Do I Want Worksheet Steps To A Productive Day Worksheet Favorite Book: How To Win Friends And Influence People by Dale Carnegie Favorite Record: Talking Back To The Night by Steve Winwood  Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme