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In Pursuit of Happiness | Shawn Johal | EO Montreal


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On the twelfth episode of Forum Confidential, we’re boarding the EO Global Jet to take you to the Canada region! Our host, Marina Byezhanova from EO Montreal, will interview fellow EO Montreal member Shawn Johal.

Timestamped show notes
03:40 Shawn is now a full-time business coach.
05:00 He explains how Warren Rustand accepted to be his mentor.
06:30 “The entrepreneurial journey”.
07:30 After selling your business, you have to have a plan, you have to know what would you do next.
08:30 To Successfully exit one business, doesn’t make you a successful entrepreneur.
09:40 According to Warren’s experience, he found out that a lot of entrepreneurs were unhappy when they sold their business.
11:30 “Are you excited to go to work tomorrow?”
12:40 “The book of joy” (Dalai Lama), treats joy as a deeper state compared to happiness. Joy as a journey and happiness as the goal.
14:00 Step away from the relationships that are not bringing you joy.
16:00 “I see myself as a business coach, a mentor.”
19:00 Shawn explains that he teaches his clients how to meditate and he addresses the importance of meditation.
21:00 Shawn used the “Scaling up” methodology from Verne Harnish, tripling revenue in 3.5 years in his company.
25:00 Leadership skills is something that you can develop over time.
26:00 “Charisma is a very deeper strength that a person can bring to the table. Someone who can look at a situation, remove themselves from the situation and be able to bring a very calm perspective that takes into account other people’s views.”
27:00 Charisma explains that charisma has a lot to do with influence.
29:00 Shawn shares that he was definitely not born an entrepreneur and that he doesn’t like rejection.
32:00 During University, Shawn studied communications. He wanted to be a documentary filmmaker.
34:00 The story of how Shawn started a company with his brother-in-law from scratch.
39:00 “I look back at my journey and I consider myself very naïve.”
40:00 Finding out what positivity bias is.
43:00 Shawn explains that it’s all about impact and credibility.
47:00 “I want to help Dals lighting being successful”.
49:00 Shawn’s biggest highlight at EO was his first event when he got to know Robin Sharma.
51:00 The GLA was Shawn’s second-biggest highlight at EO.
54:00 Leadership is what inspires me the most, and you are the real definition of a leader.

Mentioned books:
"The book of joy"
"Scaling up" 
“The greatness guide”


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