Bill Flynn is a multi-certified growth coach, author, speaker, has a Certificate with Distinction in the Foundations of NeuroLeadership and is a Certified Predictive Index Partner. When he is not off cheering on his collegiate-champion daughter, Bill lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with his wife, dog, cat, and four chickens.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had never been a coach before, I had never been a CEO. So that was very daunting for me because who was I to go in and speak to these people who are running businesses for maybe generations. And some of my clients are tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars in size. So, I had to sort of get over that situation where I felt confident that I could come in and help and say things and ask them to do things without sort of having that impostor syndrome. And that took me a little while”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World Book by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
Also mentioned:
- Decisive: How to make better choices in life and work Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
- Switch: How to change things when change is hard Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Favourite Quote:
“few things truly matter but those that do matter tremendously”
Recommended Online Resources:
- The Freethinking Leader Coalition – Harvard Business Review’s community of challengers committed to changing the world of work
- NeuroLeadership Institute – Using hard science to transform leadership effectiveness
- The Knowledge Project Podcast with Shane Parrish helps you master the best of what other people have already figured out
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you need to fall in love. And what I mean by that is you need to fall in love with the problem and the customer. You need to fall in love with at least something you do in your job 20% of the time, 40% of the time. And you have to do something that you love because I can guarantee you… there are days that are just going to suck or weeks that are going to be just horrible. You have to be in love it because if you are not you will give up. So fall in love.”…[Listen for More]
More About Bill Flynn:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” Albert Einstein
Other Quotes From the Chat with Bill Flynn:
- “I would have started coaching immediately, just give away my time and I would have done things a lot faster. It took about 2 ½ years”
- to be able to repay my bills just to run the house and whatever. By doing this I think I could have accelerated that”
- “Is success money? Is success enjoying what you do? Is it both? Is it something else? Is it fulfilment? Whatever your definition of success is I think varies. For me success isn’t money… Success to me is getting up every day and just looking forward to what you want to do. At least most of the stuff you are going to do you just look forward to doing it. And while you are doing it the day just flies by. And in that process, you are helping as many people as you can. To me that success. And if you can do that most often the money will come.”
- “Evidence shows that business people don’t business the way it works the best. Business doesn’t do what science tells us what they should do”
- “your job is to figure out the few things that matter to you, your team and your customers. And then do them as often as you possibly can and that will make a huge difference to yourself and the lives of others”
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