The Coachable Podcast

68. Extreme Ownership: How to Lead and Win with Omid Sabet


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Omid is the president and founder of The Positive Movement Foundation, a San Diego based 501c3 created to support at risk and underserved children. The foundations goals are to ensure that all children have access to school supplies, computers, tutoring, mentoring, and overall support that they need in order to succeed. He is also the co-founder of Five Marketing & Management aka Five Group. Five Group is a San Diego based company tailored to the hospitality, nightlife & festival space. Over the last 5 years Omid & his team have produced 15+ mini festivals of 3K-8000 attendees including concepts like Barks & Brews Fest, Horizon Music, Bayked Music Festival amongst others. Five Group also works with 3-5 charities each year in collaboration with their festivals to not only raise money through a donation of a portion of each event's proceeds but also to bring awareness of the causes to their patrons and to encourage engagement and volunteering. In addition, Omid consults individuals and businesses in a variety of areas including strategic planning, goal setting and SOP’s as well as culture development and emotional intelligence training.

[3:00] Culture

  • “Company culture inspires people to be their best”
  • “The culture you are creating is everything; it's how it feels to be around you as a person.”
  • “Ask yourself: What is the culture I am creating?”
  • “A coach provides outside perspective”
  • “There's a difference between working in my business vs working on my business.”
  • “Trust takes so much to build, but is lost easily” 
  • “Perception of reality is based on emotional state.” 
  • “Evaluate your life, work, and relationships removing emotion asking “what is working vs what is not working””
  • “Be willing to ask questions.” 
  • “80% listening, 20% talking. Gather information from all sides.” 
  • [25:00] Blame Vs Responsibility

    • “When you place blame on something it takes away all responsibility. It is then not your fault and you have no reason to change.”
    • “The best apology is changed behavior.”
    • “Responsibility is taking ownership and being willing to make committed changes.”
    • “We can always excel and succeed we just have to be willing to look within”
    • “Excellence from everyone is different when you know your skill sets.”
    • [37:00] Leadership

      • “A great leader is humble and willing to receive feedback from all areas.”
      • “Leaders surround themselves with people who know more than them.”
      • “Leadership takes time and practice.”
      • “A mixture of feelings and results”
      • "Surround yourself with complimentary people"
      • [50:00] Positive Movement

        • "Building culture, confidence, and momentum over time. "
        • "You start somewhere, your brain is a muscle. It takes time and practice, however the willingness needs to be there"
        • "Be willing to receive feedback. Create a time and space for feedb
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