Episode 39

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23rd Jul 2024

Ep 39: Merge Creativity with Analysis in Your Game

How much time do you spend following your advice instead of someone else’s? In life and work, it can be challenging to tune out the ready-made business advice all over the internet and move forward uniquely—but the rewards are worth it.

Guest Spotlight: Dan Barrett

Dan Barrett is an artist and an online real estate marketer by trade. As the founder of AdWords Nerds, he combines his creativity with his business acumen to help others live more fulfilling lives.

Episode Highlights

In this episode of the (UN) Conventional Wealth podcast, Dan and Dan discuss:

  • Creativity Meets Analysis: Exploring how their personalities blend creativity with analytical skills and how bias can affect which trait is more dominant.
  • Preference vs. Binary: The pivotal moment Dan Barrett realized the importance of this concept in his SEO work and the key questions he now asks to ensure he’s making the best decisions.
  • Intentional Writing: Consistent, purposeful writing has transformed Dan Barrett's life, work, and sense of self.

Key Takeaways

  • Paths to Success: Discover why Dan Barrett views creativity and analysis as means to achieve the same goal, emphasizing that the result is more important than the method.
  • Standing Out: Learn why mimicking your competition won’t give you an edge and how to pivot to carve your path.
  • Embracing Rebellion: Hear about Dan Barrett’s journey to harness his rebellious streak and evolve into his best self.

Memorable Quote

“There is so much more in life that is preference than binary, right? So much more of reality is open to your influence than you think. And that's really, really fun and a little exciting and a little scary sometimes. But it's liberating in the deepest sense of the word.”

— Dan Barrett

Check out Dan's website: https://adwordsnerds.com/

Visit Dan Nicholson’s website and Rigging The Game to learn how he helps small business owners cultivate good accounting and tax practices to achieve their financial goals.

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(UN)Conventional Wealth
(UN)Conventional Wealth is the top resource for entrepreneurs who want unconventional strategies and tips to win at business and life on their terms.

Entrepreneurs who are breaking through barriers while setting new standards in their industry recognize that the cliché, cookie cutter, and conventional recommendations about finance and business don’t apply to them.

This podcast will release you from the “WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING” chains so you can massively win at business and life by playing your game.

Painful shyness intersecting with an insatiable desire to compete (and WIN) birthed a relentless curiosity to understand how to massively win at business and confront fears without conforming to a set blueprint.

This show is for the purpose-driven entrepreneur who recognizes that the cliché, cookie cutter, and conventional recommendations about finance and business don’t work because they’re playing a different game.

As a painfully shy kid, I often found myself on the sidelines quietly observing the game of sports, life and business until the flames of competitiveness grew to a bonfire and took over. From the ashes, birthed a relentless curiosity and drive to understand how to massively win at business and confront my fears without conforming to a set blueprint.

I share the unconventional strategies and tips I learned to make sure you win (get what you want) under your rules. Hear all the “a-ha” moments as a business owner, dad, exercise enthusiast and serial idea generator while interviewing other thought leaders who have developed their own strategies to rig the game to win.