 Welcome back to Geeks are sexy. I'm Jason Laduke from evil genius leadership consultants. We have another guest Who's a great business owner from the Las Vegas area? We try to bring you their great stories and lessons They've learned to help you with your business or even just to be successful in your personal life by learning from some of The greats here in Las Vegas our next guest or our current guests sitting here with me Sean willish is an accomplished senior executive entrepreneur and board member with nearly 30 years of success in marketing and business development as CEO and senior VP of business development for 5 a.m. Global Sean leads a team to create and execute branding sales promotional digital events and social media Strategies we talked about strategy in our last segment how important it is Strategies to help maximize profitability for B2B and B2C corporations Sean Welcome and thank you for being here today. It's so great. This is really special Sean is only the second person. We've ever come back as a repeat guest So this is a this is a huge deal that we brought her back today and you'll find out exactly why we brought her back So this is really special. You were here about a year ago with a different company Yes, but now you have a new business and that's what you're here to tell us about today So tell us all about it. Well, and it is a new company. We went through we went through what we call executive transitions I had a separation with my business partners. Some of our philosophies just grew just grew differently and that is not uncommon and Great experience. We have nothing but positive things to say because with with each ending There is usually a great beginning. We hope we hope and that's also if you do accept that if you accept the fact that Things are not always permanent and change is good changes really good So you take a moment you learn you can you are able to assess the situations You're also learn also able to take, you know hold some things accountable Adapt and then you move on you move onward and I always say you move on or positively and productively We we had a company before and it's the same industry I'm still in marketing that has been my background for 30 years So marketing we had a full-service marketing company and a publication The only difference now is we don't have a publication. So we are still full-service marketing I put a lot of concentration on people Process presentation for profit and we again is the same thing. I have a lot of my same team members, which I'm very proud of It's been a great trend. It's been a great challenge But part of that challenge is get to getting to know and accepting those challenges and working through them That's great. So the same team you've all come to know and love if you know Sean for the most part But it's a new name 5 a.m. 5 a.m. Global and it is a brand new company. It's not just the old company rebranded It's a brand new company. I want to make sure I don't want to confuse the issue by what I just said So but you ended your business and you started a new one and that was a little bit of a stressful experience for you And I'll tell you what I'm gonna correct the word stressful Okay, it can be stressful, but I think we did a good job Because we were honest with ourselves and I did a wise move You and I talked about this before but a lot of times a consultant a mentor needs a consultant and a mentor And then one of the biggest things that I did do was I started talking to other business leaders and individuals and other Executives who had also gone through a transition who'd also had a loss a close of a business and and in realizing Wow, it is not uncommon. It's not a bad thing. It is a process for growth Yeah, and learning that I had a lot of business owners who are extremely successful right now and Before that success they had a lot of challenges and a lot of business closings and a lot of what we like to call business divorces Yeah, no, absolutely It's it's more common than most people think and I'm I'm looking at you business owners out there in the audience Especially things are going really well for you right now. There are two types of business owners There are the business owners who have gone through a major transition like this having to close a company having to split a company up Sometimes even worse and then there are those who will so Unless unless you are the the percent of a percent of a percent who have everything fired on all cylinders all the time There are those of us who've been through it and there are those of us who will so and that's common That's exactly what these business leaders, you know, who I spoke with they said great Congratulations. Yeah, you have now been promoted to the great life of business So now I don't go through that again, and you just keep moving forward. Yeah, absolutely So tell us a little about what you learned. I mean you've told us a little bit about what you've learned But tell us what are some of the other lessons you learned about going through such a Let's be honest a major life transition. That's exactly what it is So it could have been stressful, but it was a major life transition And one of the things that I learned is to stop take a moment Most important thing to do when you go through any transition when you have a challenge is to stop and breathe Absolutely, so one of the I call wise business people who I went to I talked to you I talked to a lot of others, but I did speak to a person who had said to me Let the cake bake so when you're going through those life Transitions you want things to happen now you want the change you want you wanted to just be over So you can move on work and that was where I was struggled with I it wasn't stressful Because I saw the positive outcome But it was hard because I wanted it to end so I can move on where and I had a wise person say let the cake bake and that made Me take some Interpection and say wow just breathe and out of that Came something that we're working on Breeze 2019, which is 2019 a big event You have coming up in just a few weeks. Yes, so tell us about Breeze 2019. You told us a little about 5 a.m. Global 5 a.m. Global you told us a little about Breeze 2019 coming out of this let the cake break and cake bake let the cake having a rough day Let the cake bake and and that need to breathe which we all need every now and then in fact should probably do a lot more often but tell us about tell us about why Why also this particular event to help reinforce that lesson when you are a busy leader executive Business owner and you do take that moment to just breathe Then you are able to reflect and when you can reflect, right? You you can take in some of the positive things and you really pay attention to what you learn and you value your strengths One of the things that I feel very confident about is that we did build a company culture on healthy work life balance That's during the time of talking to other executives and realizing that is a big challenge Your business leaders do not usually have worker work life balance for themselves Therefore, they cannot promote or help support that within their own teams So breathe take a moment to breathe for clarity. Hey health wise. There's a lot of situations But the question is why can't we have work life balance? What are the challenges? What are the restrictions and usually it's something to do with health or its wealth whether it's our ambition or our strive our greatest goal for Financial gain or if there's a health problem or issues or concerns usually we struggle with work life balance So this is breathe health and wealth summit in expo. We are Dedicated to help Share stories and have share the secrets of successful work life balance for our business leaders So those leaders can also develop that within their team and their company culture So that's what breathe health and wealth summit is about so it's an event focused on business owners business leaders on helping them Develop that work life balance so they can help Mentor and guide their team to have that because I saw that a ton in the Air Force of Leaders who would say you have to take care of yourself You have to have a work life balance you have to take care of your family spend some time with your family But they wouldn't do it and that sends a subliminal message that if the boss is there till midnight and not spending time with With your family that there's kind of an unspoken expectation. That's what the boss expects from you Whether they really mean that or not so We're tackling the problem by hitting the leaders with it and giving them good skills and practices and techniques Yes, yes because it's an ongoing challenge. It doesn't just because you learned it today. You may need reinforcement So what do they say? There's a saying that says the cobbler goes without shoes So normally those who push and those those who help design it don't do the same things for themselves So we want to make sure that yes the business owners business leaders C-suite executives make sure that those people with high Could be stressful positions who are in charge and who have the responsibility of a team Make sure that they do stop and and take that moment for themselves and if they do lead with that So for example, we are honoring we so we have a full-day summit It's from 830 to 530 on February 20th at UNLV and we have a preceding VIP reception During that reception we are honoring Mary Beth Seawalt She is the CEO and president of Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce now We are honoring her 2019 leadership award because first of all she does great with balancing work life balance And she is wonderful to her service professionally and also in the philanthropic world She does lead a team with positive work life. She has a big team she has a big team too And they work effectively efficiently and productively because of this And the other thing is we asked her honoree to declare her favorite charity and she did declare the Nevada military support alliance And that being her favorite charity We are making sure that all of the proceeds from the VIP reception are Donated to this charity. So we're connecting the dots. Most of our business leaders are Philanthropic business leaders have relationships challenge relationship challenges a lot of times personally and professionally So we're showing the ways that it does work Awesome. Yeah, awesome. And you have a monster speaker lineup for for this event So tell us some of the speakers. You're just a couple of speakers. You're gonna have a couple. Can I give you more? You can tell me as many as you want No problem. So first of all Steve shore who is amazing. He he's I've worked with him before and Steve shore is One great in this community. He is our moderator for this for this event And and like I said, he is amazing Steve shore is the moderator for the summit. So we have a full day speaker presentations panel discussion We have Kerry booballs who is the CEO and President of Vegas nights. So he's one of our speakers Brett Lashbrook Amazing again, he he was very supportive from the beginning He is our owner of the Las Vegas lights our new soccer team. And by the way, we love the nights We feel so good when we go to a nights game But if you haven't gone out to a Las Vegas lights game, please do you're so much fun. It's so much You've got your homework But I want to tell you to we have drae Gardner drae Gardner is is an amazing yoga instructor with a Great story. I've met him three years ago. And I said I hope to one day do something with you So when this event came out, he was a perfect person to engage and and he's very excited about being a part We have Shane Jasmine young Oh, she's been on this show she has yes, well, she's great now from a marketing perspective I admire her because I can't even give her any advice or any consulting on her branding is amazing But she's a lawyer in town and she focuses a lot on Estate planning and and she's great. She's one of our speakers and panelists along with that We have Dave Levine who's coming out for from California. He's been a long time. It's a long time entrepreneur He was one of the first people before you ever heard about Amazon before there was Uber and and and the companies who are doing very great Without having the inventory. He was the first one who started the internet company based on affiliates and growing Not only his market but growing revenue without maintaining inventory just with relationships and marketing So I call him a Marketing whiz so he is actually one of our speakers then we have got leads Ventura Rosen an amazing author speaker and and just one a community She's she's a big part of our community and and a Fantastic speaker and I cannot I have to go more because I have to I have to give you Christoph Wyman Christoph Wyman is a five-star customer service Specialist and he does corporate speaking on that and he's actually our business development partner So he is one of our speakers great great great fantastic That is a lineup and we have 18 we have That's just scratching the surface and that is that is a lineup that you will Almost never find all the same event on the same stage in the same day So if you're interested in any or all of those speakers Where do they go? Okay? So let's go to www.breathe-summit.com There is a breathe summit.com and I'm gonna share this with you because yes It's a great lineup and all of these busy Professionals busy individuals One are making time to be a part of the summit. That's one great thing But they have also been able to master work life balance So if they can do it, I really do urge all of our other leaders one come out not only to to to Support the event but come out to learn you you will get valuable information that that one could only add to your productivity It's been proven. There's so many studies that show how much happiness and healthy You know healthiness between your company's team adds to profitability and let's be honest whether your profit or nonprofit Business you need revenue. You need you need money So let's bring you out. Okay, so it's www.breathe-summit.com dot-com You can get your tickets to the main event which is which day? It's Wednesday, February 20th, and then the VIP Reception is the night before night before and you can also get your tickets to that. Yes at the same place Yes, and how do they reach 5 a.m. Global if they're interested in Getting help from marketing just like you've done a great job marketing this event you're doing How can they reach you for a 5 a.m. Global? Thank you. So you can reach out to Sean sh a w n Sean at the number 5 a.m. Like the morning 5 a m global calm and I share one more thing with you Global consider because we are an international business. There is a famous quote that says Legends Five at 5 a.m. Sorry 5 a.m. Legends are either waking up or going to bed at that time. I haven't heard that Yeah, it's a great great inspiration. All right. Well. Thank you so much for being here. Don't go too far We're gonna have you right back for our panel discussion You don't go too far. We're gonna bring Sarah and Lindsay back We're gonna talk about professionalism and what it means to these women and how we address that in our business lives So stay right here Jason Laduke. This is Geeks are sexy. We'll be right back