The Minotaur’s Maze
Your mind and your life is an intricate maze. And inside your maze, resides the half-man half-bull Greek monster called the Minotaur: which is a manifestation of your fears, negative mindset, anxieties, obstacles and challenges. This podcast is about challenging your demons, overcoming your fears, raising your level of self-esteem, raising your confidence and self-belief. It’s about becoming the best version of yourself by fulfilling your potential so that you can impact the world. For more info please go to: https://minotaurmastery.com/
Episodes
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
The First Step Which Everyone Misses When Starting A New Business: Z-Vlog 6
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
On this episode of The Z-Vlog (short for Zulfeh-Vlog) - I talk about the first step everyone misses doing when starting a new business or venture.
It's the planning stage but with a twist - and something i've not done many times before, which meant the business ventures failed.
I'm now documenting my process in public as I go through building a new business from scratch.
This is the first step I did, and which I recommend others do.
It's about undoing the conditioning and programming of society first. And then reprogramming yourself with a new vision.
You need to have an ideal vision of yourself, who you want to become, what kind of life you actually want to live, and how much do you actually need to make it happen.
In other words, you don't need to have a big dream, you just need to make sure the dream is your own, and not one conditioned into you by society or someone else.
After that, you make a list of all your skills, experiences, hobbies, interests, challenges and weaknesses.
By doing this, it makes it easier for you to identify what kind of new business model you want, where your strengths lie, what skills can be transferred, and what you need to improve upon.
I did this exercise to determine the foundational steps of my new project.
Episode discusses more in detail.
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Friday May 20, 2022
Sacrifices, Choices & Compromises: Z-Vlog 5
Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
When you really want to achieve something...
...you're gona have to make sacrifices, choices & compromises.
It's not always the big things.
Sometimes it's the little compromises here and there which start to tot up, and can create frustration.
For example, today I had to choose between going to the barbers and preparing for a big day tomorrow, going to a birthday party in the evening and a family wedding in the day or...
...going to the gym for the 17th day in a row. I chose the latter.
Achieving my goal of 100 days straight at the gym is more important than a fresh cut for the wedding - despite the Mrs being annoyed.
What are some of the choices, compromises and sacrifices you've had to make/are making to achieve your goals?!
Or do you cave in any at the first excuse presented?
#goals #motivation #mindset #discipline
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Freedom vs Flexibility In Business & Entrepreneurship: Z-Vlog 4
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
You hear a lot of entrepreneurs talk about how their business gives them "freedom"
It's not #freedom you want, it's #flexibility
A lot of the "entre-bro-neurs" try to sell you the freedom lifestyle; but starting your own business doesn't exactly give you freedom.
You might no longer have one boss; instead you'll have several, called clients.
What you do get, however, is flexibility.
This way you can move things around in your day to suit the lifestyle you want to live.
Talk about it more in the podcast.
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Thursday May 12, 2022
New Routine in Full Swing & Building A New Business In Public: Z-Vlog 3
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
This is the third episode of The Z-Vlog.
Short for Zulfeh-Vlog
I discuss the new routine which is now in full swing: waking up early focusing more on positivity & 8 straight days at the gym.
Also provide an update on the two projects i'm currently working on.
One is back on the back-burner due to partner's health.
Second one is in full swing - where I share what i'm doing in starting this project up, and how it can help you start yours too.
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Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
This is the second episode of The Z-Vlog. Short for Zulfeh-Vlog
These were supposed to be consistent episodes, however it's taken nearly a month to get the second one out.
I therefore touch upon habits and routine, as this was the reason I was unable to stay consistent.
Despite knowing the pitfalls of social media, you can still get caught up in the trap of consumption.
Consume too much and it starts to create brain-fog, where you become lazy and your productivity takes a hit.
Laziness, procrastination and time-wasting can become addictive habits if you keep doing them; which then makes it harder to break out of doing them.
Therefore if you find yourself stuck in a rut, you have to make changes, one thing at a time - which is what i'm now doing.
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Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Making Changes To Remain Consistent: The Z-Vlog 1
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
Thursday Apr 07, 2022
This is the first episode of The Z-Vlog.
Short for Zulfeh-Vlog An off-shoot series i'm doing as part of the Minotaur's Maze podcast.
Essentially it's a series where i'll be talking off the cuff, with less planning, less scripting, and less editing.
Doing all those things has taken the joy out of making YouTube videos and made it difficult to stay consistent, hence this slight change.
I'll therefore be making regular videos which are more like records of what i'm up to, what's happening in society and how it can help you.
Expect to hear about behind the scenes of building a business from scratch; something i'm working on right now.
As well as things happening around the world.
As well as sticking to the Minotaur theme of developing yourself, thinking for yourself, and living a lifestyle you actually want to live rather than one that's being programmed into you by society.
Hit me up with anything whatsoever you wish me to discuss on these Z-Vlogs.
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Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
The delicate art of ghostwriting and solopreneurship.
On this episode of the Minotaur's Maze Podcast we have the worlds number 1 ghostwriter Joshua Lisec.
Joshua has ghostwritten 65 full-length books in pretty much that many niches, and has copywritten thousands of credibility-building articles, direct response emails, deal-winning proposals, and sold-out launch sales pages in over 100 industries.
In this episode we discuss:
- Overview of history: Wanting to be a novelist & publishing 2 books
- Publishing deal at 20 years old
- 2 people who read the novel reached out saying we wanted to write a book longer than you’ve been alive, you’ve done it so write for us
- How a career in ghostwriting started purely by accident
- Writing for others is more fulfilling than writing for yourself
- What exactly is a ghostwriter
- What is NOT a ghostwriter: Somebody you pay to write you something and you put your name on it and publish it
- It’s more a collaborative process. Got to see through the eyes of who you’re writing for
- How to be a ghostwriter the right way. Get to know client, write in their voice but then write it in the proper structure
- Difference between a ghostwritten work and a transcript
- Is ghostwriting cheating?
- It’s more what not to say, what not to write about, and then what to say instead
- Some of the internal and external minotaurs faced during the journey as a ghostwriter
- “The best at their profession are those who are best at selling their profession”
- What created the self-confidence and belief to say “I am the best ghostwriter”
- How to become the best at what you do - If you hate your job, should you quit and do something else, or keep job and build on the side first?
- Taking low paying / non-paying work out of necessity when getting started
- “Most people are willing to do the hard thing if they know its the right thing”
- Is it better to use gig websites when first getting started or going direct to clients if you have no experience of client work or getting clients?
- Advice for shy introverts that want to start a writing business
- How would you figure out the type of writing you should do: what type of writing can you generate for your clients the fastest measurable results from
- If you’re a ghostwriter for so many different people, can you tell its a book written by you
- Why you should hire a ghostwriter and what the tangible lucrative results can be from using one
- Every book is designed to be a funnel from a book to a highest ticket item. Objective is to shortcut the time it takes for someone to first hear of you to hire you for your biggest package
- Impress Important People
And so much more.
What were some of your best takeaways from this talk?
Let me know in the comments below.
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You can find out more about Joshua Lisec by connecting in the following way:
https://twitter.com/JoshuaLisec
https://JoshuaLisec.Gumroad.com
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Saturday Mar 19, 2022
Most People Today Are Acting From Insecurity | Self-Esteem & Mindset - Ep 28
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
Most people today are acting from insecurity.
Therefore take what you read, hear and see with a pinch of salt, especially online.
So many people give you advice, but you have to be careful, because it doesn't always come from a healthy place.
In fact, most times it comes from a place of insecurity.
This is especially true for all those trying to pose on social media that their life is great and they're happy, when in reality they're suffering from a lack of self-esteem, and have other issues.
But by seeing this snapshot, those watching then begin to have low self-esteem and insecurity issues by comparing themselves to that which they see.
It becomes a vicious cycle.
I also had a lot of insecurities when I left my career as a lawyer; my way of dealing with it was to trash the legal industry and the 9-5 job.
You see the same thing happening with the "college is a scam" entre-bro-neurs.
They're insecure about not having a degree more than they are about believing it's a scam.
You therefore have to protect yourself from the conditioning of this degenerate society, because self-esteem issues and insecurities have become a contagious pandemic.
Do you have insecurities, or any stories about other people you know to be insecure?
Let me know in the comments below.
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Please Visit:
https://buyscalesellbusiness.com/ - For help with finding profitable businesses to buy or invest in.
https://minotaurmastery.com/ - For self-improvement & personal development tools to win the war against yourself & a society that wants you weak.
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zulfaqarfaraz/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zulfeh7/
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