Alan Samuel Cohen, MBA, PCC is an experienced executive and team coach, corporate instructor, TEDx speaker and author with over a decade of experience coaching leaders and teams at companies including MetLife, American Express, Skadden Arps, Tiffany’s, and NBC, to name a few; and he leads a community of heart centered male coaches. He resides in Manhattan and Miami, with his spouse, and their three-legged Wheaten Terrier.
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When business started difficulties overcame:
“I left my corporate job to run a business and then the economy crashed. And so in the what the heck department that was definitely coming up for me. It’s like oops I’m in business and I don’t have a lot of entrepreneurial experience and how am I going to get clients when most people in America have lost their jobs. So I freaked for a little bit then I also remembered that I am incredibly scrappy. And so what happened is because of my network which is pretty fast and I know how to leverage my network I found somebody who was looking to hire coaches to coach Wall Street guys who have just lost their jobs whose identity was really being threatened because they were no longer Wall Street guys”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology that Fuel Success and Performance at Work Book by Shawn AchorFavourite Quote:
“I define connection as the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.” Brené Brown
Recommended Online Resources:
TED Talks are influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity, with subtitles in 100 languages Ideas free to stream and download
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“it’s about relationships and it’s about giving more than it is about taking. And whether you are just starting out in your business or you are in an established business you just can never let up on building relationships on helping people get what it is that they want and really going above and beyond. And understanding what’s a meaningful deposit into those relationship accounts. And the only way that you can learn that is just by asking a lot of questions. Ask more questions is probably the most tangible advice and just don’t accept the first response is necessarily the truth. Be willing to dig underneath and find out what really is the compelling need or desire of the people that are important to you”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Alan Samuel Cohen:
- “trust your gut and then verify it with other people who you trust… My intuition is really strong I just don’t always listen to it. So I am listening to it more these days”
- “you have to define success for yourself”
- “I feel that I may success because I live a life that is free and I get to work with whom I want to work with when I want to work where I want to work from that I get to create whenever I want to create and I get to use all of the tools at my disposal. I feel I am successful because I hope my clients with their dreams and that’s great. And the secret to having that happen for me is about community… I surround myself with some of the most positive people imaginable”
- “it’s about making investments, deposits into relationships and making appropriate withdrawals but definitely being more of service, being more about helping other people get what it is that they want. And being a really good listener, listening for queues and using emotionally as a means to empower relationships and empower myself”
- “I’ve really built my business on the belief that everything that we want in our business and in our lives is available through the power of strong human connection”
- “if you are not accomplishing your goals it is highly likely that it is because there are some aspects of your emotional intelligence that is not working for you”
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