Dr Allen Lycka has been acknowledged as one of the leading cosmetic dermatologists in the world for three decades. A pioneer in cosmetic surgery, he helped to develop laser assisted tumescent liposuction – an advanced body sculpture technique, and Moh’s Micrographic Surgery, an advanced means of removing skin cancer with 99% success. He has lived and practiced in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada since 1989. He’s written 17 books, 30+ academic papers and hosted the number one internet radio show in the world – Inside Cosmetic Surgery Today. He is a co-founder of Doctors for the Practice of Safe and Ethical Aesthetic Medicine and founder of The Canadian Skin Cancer Association. He has won the prestigious Consumers Choice Award For Cosmetic Surgery for 16 consecutive years.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“when I look back I think it was a lot of mindset, I think it was a lot of other things that when on in me. I think the hardest thing about being an entrepreneur is getting out from that mindset that you have to do things in a certain way, that there is a lack of abundance going on, there’s only so much going on so therefore you are limited in what you do. I’ve learned to realise that the world is extremely abundant ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Think and Grow Rich Book by Napoleon Hill
- The Ultimate Success Secret Book by Daniel S. Kennedy
Also mentioned
- Awaken The Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life Book by Tony Robbins
- Brendon Burchard books
Favourite Quote:
- “you always gain by giving love” Reese Witherspoon
- “What makes you vulnerable makes you beautiful.” Brene Brown
- “non-negotiables is our essential pearls of success. They are keys of living they define what you will never compromise on” Allen Lycka
Recommended Online Resources:
- Tony Robbins – the world’s top life and business strategist.
- Brendon Burchard is the world’s leading high-performance coach, a 3-time New York Times bestselling author, and one of the most-watched, quoted, and followed personal development trainers in history. SUCCESS Magazine and O, The Oprah Magazine, have both named him one of the most influential leaders in personal growth and achievement. Forbes named him the world’s leading high-performance coach and Larry King named him the world’s top motivational trainer.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“it’s not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens. That is a very fundamental thing that I think everybody must realise. It’s a very fundamental tenant that people really must take to heart. Remember that over and over again. If something goes wrong remember maybe it’s teaching you a lesson, maybe you could learn from that lesson and be better off. I would not want to go through my diagnosis of ALS again but look where it’s taken me, look at the journey it’s taken me on. You know it taught me a lot of lessons and I think that’s the important thing. It’s not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens”…[Listen for More]
More About Allen Lycka:
- SLAFL Holdings Inc.
- Dr Allen Lycka
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.” Johnny Carson
Other Quotes From the Chat with Allen Lycka:
- “my entrepreneurial spirit is long standing; it’s been going on for decades but now I am just taking it to different roads and different frontiers”
- “I think there’s three cornerstones to shortening a learning curve. One is you can use other people’s knowledge. The other one you can use is other people’s time. And the third one is you can use other people’s money”
- “I think the secrets to success are some of my golden pearls and I think there’s a couple of them I can share readily. Number one is enthusiasm. Every day you should carry enthusiasm with you… Because you never know when it’s going to matter, you never know when it’s going to make the difference in your life because that enthusiasm makes the day, that enthusiasm carries it with you. And I’m going to challenge your listeners to do one thing that’s pay it forward, do something for somebody else you would not regularly do ”
- “action is really the opportunity for doing better. That’s where we really do something that is so much different than everybody else. I think action is stuff that we must do. Remember is not what happens to you it’s what you do with what happens. No to me doing is an action step. You must act you cannot sit. Yes, you can think about things but you must act ”
- “to be successful you have to be willing to be vulnerable”
- “I think people should lift themselves on the shoulders of giants, I think they should take advantage of other people’s knowledge and I think they should look around and see which other people they admire and take bits and pieces from them”
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