The 5AM Grind

Guest: Jim Estill, CEO of Danby Appliances

Mr. Estill is a serial Canadian entrepreneur, recipient of the order of Canada, and recipient of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 award. Jim started his first company, EMJ Systems, in university and eventually sold it for over $50 million. In 2015, Jim became the CEO of Danby Appliances and in 2017 he bought the company outright. He has grown the company’s annual revenue to over $400-million. In 2018, Jim spent over $1.5-million of his own money to sponsor almost 300 Syrian refugees. Mr. Estill is a seed investor and board advisor to a number of successful Canadian startups

• Does your race affect your success?

• Do you have racial biases?

• Will human beings ever stop being racist?

• How can society make the workplace more inclusive?

• Let’s define EQ

• Why do you think EQ matters?

• Is EQ more important than IQ?

• Should schools and educational institutions teach EQ?

• What does "time" mean to you?

• What do you think about people saying that your 20’s don’t matter?

• How do you decide how to allocate your time?

• What time management techniques and tools do you use?

• How do you deal with uncertainty as an entrepreneur?

• How do you project confidence while still being uncertain about yourself?

• Most adults look like they have their act together, do they really?

• In life’s big decisions, how do you deal with uncertainty?

• Is money everything?

• Why is talking about money considered taboo?

• What do you think about using debt?

• Is greed for money good?

• Why is creating content important?

• How do you get over the fear of putting yourself out there in public?

• Is content creation important for branding?

• What content mediums are important?

• In your opinion what’s more important – hardwork or being smart?

• Do you consider yourself smart?

• Is being smart something that comes naturally, or can you develop intelligence?

• Is being smart correlated to success?

• What does taking imperfect action mean to you?

• Is speed or perfection important?

• When helping customers – do you strive to be perfect or respond quickly?

• Would you rather spend time perfecting an idea or take action instead?

• Why is sales important?

• Why do salespeople have a bad reputation?

• How do you become a good salesperson?

• How do you handle rejection in sales?