The Impact Entrepreneur

Mike Flynn
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The Impact Entrepreneur

Mike Flynn takes you behind closed doors and invites you into his conversations with game changing entrepreneurs. These conversations go beyond success and failure, beyond product or service or platform, to uncover what is really behind the decisions these entrepreneurs make and what IMPACT they hope to have in the world.

  1. Ep. 195 - Necessary Endings and New Beginnings

    2019/12/16

    Ep. 195 - Necessary Endings and New Beginnings

    In this final episode of The Impact Entrepreneur, I talk about what doing the show has meant to me and what I’m up to next.

    13 分钟

  2. 2019/12/09

    How to Have More Fun & Be More Productive - with Mike Rucker, Ph.D

    Mike Rucker, Ph.D. is a self-described fun expert who helps people have more fun and be more productive as a result. But he certainly didn’t start his career going down that path.

    52 分钟
  3. Helping Others Grow - with Tim Croll

    2019/12/02

    Helping Others Grow - with Tim Croll

    When Tim Croll grew up, he really wanted to be a cowboy. There were a lot of adults in his life who promised a taste of that life, to take him fishing or hunting, but they didn’t come through. So Tim wanted to be self-reliant but also dependable.

    52 分钟
  4. Sound Impact: How Music Changes, Heals, & Unites - with Rebecca Jackson (Replay)

    2019/11/25

    Sound Impact: How Music Changes, Heals, & Unites - with Rebecca Jackson (Replay)

    Today I’m re-releasing this amazing episode with musician Rebecca Jackson.

    1 小时 10 分钟
  5. In Pursuit of Wholeness - with Evan Herrman

    2019/11/18

    In Pursuit of Wholeness - with Evan Herrman

    Evan Herrman and I discuss self-worth and fulfillment & how important it is to be vulnerable, humble and open to the plan that God has for us.

    1 小时 4 分钟
  6. Find Your Worth

    2019/11/11

    Find Your Worth

    We've all heard it a thousand times: “If you want to be happy in life, follow your passion.” But is that true? Let's take a closer look. The word ‘passion’ comes from the Latin-rooted word pati, which means to suffer. So when someone tells you to follow your passion, they're actually saying you should do something that you're willing to suffer for. In today's entrepreneurial landscape, the word passion has been hijacked and saddled with a new meaning tied to a financial outcome. But passion has nothing to do with earning a 10x return or building a seven-figure business.  Here's the question to ask yourself to see if you're passionate about what you're doing: “Am I willing to put in the work and never see the fruit?” If the answer is no, I hate to break it to you, but that's not your passion. Another reason people feel excited about following their passion is that their potential is not being realized at work. A Gallup study revealed that 85% of employees are not engaged, and it's costing us $7 trillion annually in lost productivity. And an estimated 37% of Americans have a side hustle, which is a chance for them to make extra money but also pursue something they’re more passionate about than their jobs. Adding to that, about half of new businesses fail to make it past the five-year mark. If passion is tied to achieving a certain financial outcome and your business is one of the ones that fail, your self-worth will take a big hit.  So, let me suggest that you find your worth before you find your why. In order to see yourself as worthy, you need to answer the question, who am I? Here are three ways I recommend doing that: Do something that challenges you physically and mentally. For me, that was CrossFit because it required my full focus, attention, and awareness. As a result of successfully completing those challenging workouts, I discovered new neural pathways that fired off all kinds of creativity.Make time for reflection and visualization, preferably shortly after you've completed the physically demanding activity. Create “I am” statements. The great Lou Holtz once told me that the most important word in the English vocabulary is the word choice. The next two most important words are ‘I’ and ‘am.’ About a decade ago, I was nearly broke. We had to short-sell our first home and I was diagnosed with postpartum depression after the birth of our fourth child. In every way, I saw myself as a failure. As I worked through this process, I discovered new things about myself. I rebuilt my sense of self-worth. I found a new Why, which turned out to be helping people find the truth that dwells within them. Instead of focusing on outcome, I am focused on using my gifts to help as many people as I can, and I'm willing to suffer for that. span...

    11 分钟
  7. When Corporate Life Ain’t For You - with Hamilton Chan

    2019/11/04

    When Corporate Life Ain’t For You - with Hamilton Chan

    Hamilton Chan’s parents told him he could be a doctor or a lawyer. His “tiger mom” even had a mini breakdown when he deferred law school for a year to work for JPMorgan Investment Banking. He promised her he’d go back to law school after the year was up, and that’s what he did.  Years later, his investment banking friends were making millions of dollars a year while he was slogging away doing due diligence as a corporate transactional attorney... and his mom asked him why he didn’t stick with investment banking. But Hamilton tells us you can’t blame anyone but yourself for your life decisions. And Hamilton did experience outstanding success as a lawyer — he graduated from Harvard Law School, worked at a prestigious law firm in Los Angeles, represented Kobe Bryant, and worked at MGM Studios. But, ultimately, his legal career hit a dead end. He realized that he had taken what he was good at and polished it to such a point that it became something he no longer enjoyed. At one point, he was skimming hundreds of pages of documentation and writing about 15 pages of memos every day, without any time leftover to even pick up a magazine or read a book on the weekend. Entrepreneurship was calling. Hamilton wanted to be able to pursue creative endeavors, practice strategic thinking, and get out of corporate life. He told his family that he was very unhappy as an attorney, and his sister suggested he be a salesman at the family business, Charlie Chan Printing. After his whole family erupted in laughter, his mom and my dad said they could actually use some help. Although he had no experience in sales, he thought he could figure it out. Plus, he’d get to make business decisions and be involved in an enterprise that carried a lot of meaning and history for him. After working in the family business, Hamilton went on to launch a tech startup. Then Loyola Law School approached him to start an executive education program, now called LLX. Hamilton was responsible for co-creating the vision behind it and coding a brand new interactive platform to host it on. He also teaches a six week class on negotiating, and really considers his role at Loyola Law School to be the culmination of his life experience and a true labor of love. Hamilton’s tips from his off-the-beaten-path career are:  Learn to negotiate. You can leave a tremendous amount on the table if you are not skilled at negotiating. Satisfy your curiosity and try new things.Realize that the business world is at least 90% networking. Hamilton used to see the world as super meritocratic and believed that, if you just produced the best work, everything would work out perfectly. Now he says that might be true for K-12, but not for the rest of your life.Make conscious choices to do the things that we should. The brain does such a phenomenal job of making sense of the world that it constantly discards contradictory information. And that's what helps us stay in a bad relationship, job, or situation.Craft the life that you want. Hamilton loves being able to spend time with his two daughters and his wife plus, have time for recreation, and work on...

    1 小时 1 分钟
  8. Living Life Curious, Fulfilled, & with Purpose – with Marie Forleo (Replay

    2019/10/28

    Living Life Curious, Fulfilled, & with Purpose – with Marie Forleo (Replay

    Marie Forleo is a wildly successful coach and multi-passionate entrepreneur. Her new book Everything Is Figureoutable is out now, and to celebrate, I’m re-releasing this podcast episode with Marie (originally ep. 72). Marie’s entrepreneurial journey started in a flurry on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. She’d recently graduated with a degree in finance and picked the mayhem of the Stock Exchange over a job in a cubicle. However she learnt very quickly that she hated the idea of having to go to the same place day in and day out every single day for the majority of the year. Her intuition was screaming at her to get out, so she did, leaving the Stock Exchange for a variety of jobs including bartending.  How Intuition Drives Marie’s Business Marie says that intuition is a core part of everything she does in her business, especially important things like marketing, hiring, pricing and product development. Growing up, her mom always taught her that if someone tried to talk to her and she felt uncomfortable, to trust that small little voice inside that says run or don't talk to this person or whatever it is.  Intuition led Marie in many directions, and that’s why she became a multi-passionate entrepreneur. When she started her coaching business she also had a passion for dance, fitness and for hip hop. She knew that if she split her focus, everything would grow slower and she wouldn't make as much money, but creatively she’d probably be fulfilled. That turned out to be true. Despite starting a dance career in her 20s (when some dancers are actually winding down their careers), Marie ended up choreographing hip hop for MTV and being one of the world’s first Nike Elite Dance Athletes. Another core value that drives Marie is curiosity.  Curiosity is Essential Marie believes that curiosity is integral to succeeding in business and life, especially in today’s environment where everything is changing so fast. She says, “If you believe that you already know everything, you're going to fail. Whether you fail right now or you fail in six months, or you fail in three years, you are going to fall on your face.” The Future of Entrepreneurship Marie predicts that soon more and more people will have to behave in an entrepreneurial manner, even if they’re not necessarily founding a company. There are more freelancers than there have ever been, more people working with flexible schedules, and intrapreneurs are becoming increasingly valuable within organizations. She also believes that we’ll continue to see an emphasis on social entrepreneurship, and that, “Business owners who are wise enough to bake social good into their business model from a very sincere and genuine place are going to thrive in the future.” Don’t be a podcast junkie… strong style="background-color:...

    58 分钟
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Mike Flynn takes you behind closed doors and invites you into his conversations with game changing entrepreneurs. These conversations go beyond success and failure, beyond product or service or platform, to uncover what is really behind the decisions these entrepreneurs make and what IMPACT they hope to have in the world.

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  • 创作者
    Mike Flynn
  • 活跃年份
    2016年 - 2019年
  • 单集
    196
  • 分级
    儿童不宜
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    © Copyright 2023 Mike Flynn
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    The Impact Entrepreneur

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