“There’s nothing worse than regret.”
Have you ever felt that itch to start something new or take a professional risk? If the answer is yes, then I recommend you listen to the story of Mickeli Bedore (@mickelibedore).
Mickeli is the Founder and CEO of Bedore Business Group (@BedoreGroup), which is an outsource sales company that is comprised of highly experienced and talented sales professionals. Mickeli is also the co-founder of an outdoor adventure company called Otium (@OtiumOutdoors).
Before starting both companies at the same time, Mickeli was a rockstar salesman for many years in Corporate America. He enjoyed a lucrative and comfortable career performing a job he was born to do. However, that enjoyment faded when Mickeli began to feel the entrepreneurial tug.
This tug intensified with the impending birth of his soon-to-be daughter. Mickeli started to ask himself, “what kind of eyes do I want her to look in to?”
To which he replied, “I want her to see a man on fire.”
Enjoy!
Topics mentioned or discussed:
“Good sales people talk the least, but listen the most.”
“The best sales people have a process and/or a system that they run each and every time without waiver.”
A pivotal conversation with his high school guidance counselor
Selling frozen pizzas with his uncle
“Doctors are the best sales people”
Sandler Sales Training (@SandlerTraining)
Music as a passion and creative outlet
Lessons learned from a brief career in the music industry
The Potty Song for his daughter
The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss (@tferriss)
The E-Myth
MICKELI'S FAVORITES RELATED TO THE TWIN CITIES:
Favorite Meal Under $15
The Crooked Pint - Loaded Tater Tots
Favorite Public Space
Como Conservatory
Favorite Annual Event:
Saint Patrick's Day in St Paul
Most Fascinating Person You Know
Steve Imhoff (@rareformprops)
How Would You Describe the Twin Cities
“If February didn’t exist, everyone would live here.”
State of the Union Message
“Don’t believe everything that you think. The path to 'I can do it' or 'I can’t' intersects between your ears.”