Today I'm sharing an interview that was originally published on The Screw The Nine to Five Podcast, where I chatted with Josh & Jill Stanton about how to keep the money you make.

Josh and Jill are the co-founders of Screw The Nine To Five — their slice of the Internet where they help transform unsatisfied employees into dangerously-successful entrepreneurs. When they’re not CEO’ing they can be found traveling the world with their little guy, Kai, laughing at pug memes, or indulging in a tall glass of something stiff.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Always keep an eye on your bottom line — how much money do you actually keep at the end of the day?

2. Make sure that every dollar that’s being spent and received is meaningful.

3. You must have a system in place to make sure that the ROI is working in every part of your business.

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John is one of the leading mindset and behavioral experts in the world.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. We don’t sabotage ourselves. Our brain sabotages us.

2. If you keep focusing on ‘I’m stuck’, your brain goes ‘OK’ and keeps you in that stuck state.

3. We resist change not because we don’t want to grow, but because when the brain is experiencing change, it has mechanisms just like a thermostat that keeps the room temperature constant.

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Ryan is an entrepreneur, speaker and author. He has held executive leadership roles in numerous start-ups including boon, a cloud solutions platform for the dental and health industries, and is the owner of two restaurants.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. The most important thing - more important than having a business plan - is the drive and passion to persevere

2. A brand is more than a name, it’s an identity that others can rally around.

3. In everything you do make sure you practice good.

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This speech was originally delivered as the commencement address to graduates from U.C.L.A. Medical School on June 1, 2018.

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In 2010, Bryan and Shannon were the only employees. Today, BELAY boosts a corporate team of 60+ and a U.S. contractor base of over 700 people serving clients all over the US. A 100% virtual company, they’ve made the Inc 5000 list 4 times and made the #1 spot for Entrepreneur Magazine’s Best Company Culture.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Leadership is a stewardship—meaning you are a manager of something that you are responsible for.

2. When you find somebody who loves to do what you hate, it is such a gift and you’ll see things accelerate in the business very quickly when you turn this over.

3. Trust is the lifeblood to help your people get going and knit themselves to the fabric of the organization.

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Mike is a DIY saxophonist/songwriter with a powerful sound & creative outlook on both music and entrepreneurship. Fans include HuffPost, @NPRMusic, Evernote, Spotify and more. He's managed to hit nearly 2 million streams in the first 2 years of his recording career, without a record label or team - rare if not unheard of in jazz.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Let things flow and realize that there’s not really mistakes. Even if there are, it’s actually an opportunity to play something else.

2. Realize the core skills and the core passion. It’s not just loving entrepreneurship. What’s about it that you love?

3. Law of attraction is when you’re holding a vision in your mind of what you want, what you’re seeking, and allowing the universe to deliver that to you as long as you put the work in as well.

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This speech was delivered as the keynote address for the May 17, 2012 commencement ceremony at The University of the Arts.

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Jessica is senior vice president and leader of Small Business Solutions in MetLife’s Group Benefits business. She oversees sales, strategy, underwriting, and overall P&L for businesses under 100 employees.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. In a small business, bringing the wrong person on is almost worse than having nobody.

2. Highlight that people can also get competitive salary and benefits. But really, first and foremost, highlight the values that you have as a small business owner that you can value your employees potentially in a way that a larger company can’t.

3. There are people who will take a lower paying job to work in a company that shares their values.

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Paul is President at RingBoost and Founder of 1800Prepare.com. He is a sought-after speaker, with recent engagements in the telecom and legal marketing industries. Paul appeared on the TV show The Office as Cool Guy Paul, a role he inspired.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. It’s just not enough to make the phone calls coming in. Make sure you handle it right. Make sure that you are truly building that relationship and giving your clients what they need.

2. It is expensive to hire somebody and train them. But when they build a relationship with a client, that’s going to lead into future business, referrals, and other things that you just can’t scale.

3. Technology levels the playing field for everybody. But technology can never replace YOU.

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Ramit, author of the New York Times bestseller I Will Teach You To Be Rich and has become a financial guru to millions of readers in their twenties, thirties, and forties. He started his website, iwillteachyoutoberich.com as a Stanford undergraduate in 2004, and he now hosts over a million readers per month on his blog, newsletter, and social media.

Top 3 Value Bombs:

1. Use psychology against yourself. There are so many areas in life where we think we should do something, yet if you’ll look at your behavior, you’re probably not doing it.

2. The key is to stop waiting for the perfect idea and just look around at what’s going on. People who are successful entrepreneurs know how to seize opportunities.

3. Money is typically a thing of guilt and anxiety. Reframe the way you think about money.

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