Dwayne Klassen is known as THE Coach For Men. He’s also the founder of The Remarkable Man Project – A global initiative to challenge 1 million men to step up their game and be champions to women, heroes to children and brothers to each other.
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ClickFunnels – Dwayne’s small business resource.
The War of Art– Dwayne’s Top Business Book.
The Remarkable Man – Dwayne’s Book.
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Show Notes
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[01:00] – Dwayne is from Calgary, Alberta
[01:06] – Dwayne has been a serial entrepreneur most of his life, dreamt of becoming an architect, but took up civil engineering
[01:15] – Attending a Tony Robbins’ seminar started everything for Dwayne
[01:30] – Dwayne and his sister built Get Talkative which ran for 7 years and was popular in Canada
[01:53] – Dwayne was hit by a personal storm when he learned that his 7-year old son is not actually his
- If you fall down, get back up
[02:16] – Dwayne then looked for support and realized there’s no real support for men
[02:53] – “My whole purpose and passion is to transform men and inspire them to live a remarkable life”
[03:15] – Dwayne considers himself the man whisperer
[03:38] – 65-75% of Dwayne’s following are women because they’re looking for that remarkable man
[04:17] – The riches are in the niches
[04:36] – Most men are overly focused on work
- Many parts of their life are struggling
- Dwayne tells men to dig in and be responsible in other parts of their life, not just business
- To be a remarkable man, you have to get things figured out
[06:35] – Worst Entrepreneurial Moment: Dwayne was creating his advertising company
- He was building a team when he got 2 men from a referral
- Dwayne didn’t do a background check and just trusted them instead
- Within 18 months, they weren’t doing any good for the company
- Dwayne couldn’t just fire them because he put them on the board
- The men wanted Dwayne out of the company
- Dwayne won the battle, got the company back, but the damage had been done
- Do your due diligence
[08:38] – Keep things professional in your business
[08:58] – Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment: Dwayne’s greatest idea is what he is doing currently
- Dwayne did a lot of research to write The Remarkable Man
- “Be as transparent as you possibly can”
- The magic happens during a struggle
[11:28] – Be yourself and share your story genuinely
[12:07] – What is the one thing you are most FIRED up about today? Dwayne is scaling globally
- Dwayne is in talks with a lot of potential partners
[14:57] – The Lightning Round
- What was holding you back from becoming an entrepreneur? – Entrepreneurship has always been a part of me
- What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received? – “Just do it”
- What’s a personal habit that contributes to your success? – “The 5am club”
- Share an internet resource, like Evernote, with Fire Nation – ClickFunnels
- If you could recommend one book to our listeners, what would it be and why? – Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art – it releases the ideas that you have
[17:53] – “Take the mask off, ladies and gentlemen. Trust that what’s going on behind that mask is exactly what needs to happen, and it will set you free”
[18:02] – Connect with Dwayne on his website
[18:09] – Go to TheRemarkableProject.com and at check out, enter FIRE to get 30% off your membership! (Sorry! This gift and links were active when this episode was first published in 2017. These sites are no longer available.)
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