If you did not learn a specific task, how can you be expected to know it? You can’t! The same goes for opportunities. If you are not aware of an opportunity, then you cannot go after it. Making everyday a learning experience by asking questions and allowing yourself to be taught, coached and mentored will allow you to have a bright future. Speaker, Author and CEO, JT McCormick, shares tough life lessons from his childhood that not only shaped him to adopt a winning mindset, but also lead to continued success.
* – Learning from volunteering* – You don’t know what you don’t know* – Applying the basics* – Raw learning experiences* – Why attention to detail is imperative* – Direct report vs. direct support* – Teach, coach + mentor* – Thank god it’s Monday!* – The importance of asking questions* – Lessons learned through mistakes made* – You only fail if you stop trying
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Mentioned Books:
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company – Robert Iger
Tribal Leadership – Dave Logan
The Healing Organization – Raj Sisodia & Michael Gelb
Full Episode Transcription:(Time code does not match final audio/video)
Derek: (06:09)Todd and I both are both excited that you’re hear with us JT, to have this conversation.
JT: (06:25)Man I, you know, no pun intended, I’m an open book, so whatever you guys want to talk about or discuss, let’s make it happen. So I actually found out that I got unanimously elected to the board for conscious capitalism. Derek: (07:08)Congratulations. That’s amazing. That makes me thrilled actually. JT: (07:12)Yeah. They, they I, I guess a few people appreciated me calling people out on stage that way.Derek: (07:22)I love it. Todd: (07:23)Were you challenging people at the event?JT: (07:25)You know, real quick, I won’t bore you with the details. You know, Conscious capitalism and Derek knows this. I had gone to several of the events, man, and I didn’t find some of these speakers to be very conscious with capitalism. You sharing the story about how you’ve gone bankrupt and then coming back and you’ve now got a $500 million company. Okay.