Experience is a powerful thing.  It’s not qualified by the length of time doing something, but the repetitions of doing so. The more you do something, the quicker you can become a master, giving you the experience to qualify you as an expert. Everything begins and ends with creating a vision, setting goals, focusing on the work that needs to be done, replicating it, and implementing quickly. 

Doug Mitchell is President and CEO of Argenta Field Solutions and Argenta Solar.  He and his family reside in Texas.  His biggest goal is to constantly evolve into the best version of himself for his family, his employees, clients, and business associates.

Jeff and Doug have a great conversation today about some of the things that make them unemployable now that they’ve been entrepreneurs.  Doug shares why telling people how to do their jobs got him fired from 20 of his. They discuss how imposter syndrome cripples many when joining a network of high-performance leaders, and how to break the frame of feeling inadequate by acquiring the knowledge to create the opportunities. Doug takes a deep dive into some close friends and influences he currently has in his life, as well as 3 people he would love to have dinner with.  He shares a big hairy audacious goal he’s currently on track to achieve by the end of 2023 that will impact 100 families or more. Doug also drops in some wisdom about how the brain operates and software you can use that will make your life easier when it comes to running any business. Bring your notepads and get ready to take notes! 

What You’ll Learn:

 

• Overcoming imposter syndrome
• The power of true mentorship and Doug’s first mentor
• Why it’s important to have a mentor as soon as you get into a career 
• One big hairy audacious goal Doug has to make 100 6-figure earners
• How much money the company will have to make in order to hit that goal
• Doug shares something he heard about the brain from a friend of his that can benefit everyone in life and business
• The best place to leverage knowledge, network, and opportunities
• Doug’s first job working door to door
• What a PJ trip is and why Doug enjoys taking them 
• A big source of discomfort for Doug he’s not experienced in over 10 years
• What Apex is and what some of the members in the network are doing in business
• One book Doug revisits every single year 
• How Doug gets into a state to help maximize his impact in his life and business
• 3 people Doug would have dinner with whether they’re alive or not and why
• How to build a great sales team brick by brick 
• Why changing the culture in your company starts with talking  

• And much more! 

  

Favorite Quote:

 “I had 20 jobs and got fired from 19 of them.  I got fired from the 20th company twice, and then bought it.”

• Doug Mitchell

 

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Addicted to Winning connects listeners through stories that prove why mindset matters. Jeff Brekken was working a 60-hour week on his family’s farm by the time he was 10. When he wasn’t helping with the harvest, he was at the hockey rink. Jeff’s early life experiences taught him he needs to be either all-in or all-out. 

In 2000 he started a single-family home construction business and by 2008 he was looking for his next big thing. Jeff founded the Blue Sky Benefit Solutions & Rise Above HR/Recruiting on top of a lifelong passion for helping people. Through this show, Jeff will take that passion one step further.

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