Aaron McHugh is an executive transformation coach, enterprise agility consultant, writer, podcaster, adventurer, author of Fire Your Boss: Discover Work You Love Without Quitting Your Job and career liberator who is learning to master sustainable work-life play rhythms woven into his every day routine.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“early on I had spent 20 years in sales of everything from broadcast media, sales and advertising to software, many years in that. And what I found was I was just fascinated by this idea of what if I could do it myself? Like what if I went my own way? And early on know it was scary. I had a family with three kids, I had tragedy in my own family, you know I had mortgage payments, cars, tuition and all of those braces, all those things. And I just couldn’t see a path. I didn’t have a robust savings account, I didn’t have a pending inheritance coming my way, I didn’t have some big stock options that I’d cashed out that was going to fund our future. So, I think what was really challenging for me was just to make the leap, to say you know what it’s just time”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Book by Greg Mckeown
Also mentioned
- The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World Book by Chris Guillebeau
- The $100 Startup: Fire Your Boss, Do What You Love and Work Better to Live More Book by Chris Guillebeau
- Side Hustle: Build a Side Business and Make Extra Money – Without Quitting Your Day Book by Chris Guillebeau
- The Money Tree: A Story About Finding the Fortune in Your Own Backyard Book by Chris Guillebeau
Favourite Quote:
“The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, education and his religion. He hardly knows which is which; he simply pursues his vision of excellence in whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both.” James Michener
Recommended Online Resources:
The Art of Non-Conformity: Set Your Own Rules, Live the Life You Want, and Change the World Book by Chris GuillebeauBest Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“believe in yourself and no one else will believe in your idea as much as you do. And that isn’t your goal to try and get other people to be as passionate about it or as fervently believing about what it is you see in the world. That’s what you are entrusted to do, that’s what you are entrusted to steward. And it’s great to get other people to come along but they don’t actually have to match your passion or your belief or your conviction metre. You can still move forward and just know that’s what your role is to play is you are the one to carry the torch and the flag”…[Listen for More]
More About Aaron McHugh:
- Work Life Play
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot
Other Quotes From the Chat with Aaron McHugh:
- “don’t worry be crappy”
- “yes, what if I’m on time? What if I would have been here where I am today it would have been one day to soon because now, I’ve actually become kind of person who can be entrusted with more influence, more impact, more… I don’t like word power but I like the word of like yeah just really like just ruckus making, like confidence and authority. And I am not sure I could have handled it any sooner. So yes, there are some things I wish I could have done differently but at this point I’ve just been really enjoying the perspective”
- “if the definition of success is money then Andrew Carnegie said… one of the famous railroad barons… was the answer to happiness was one more dollar. So, I find that one more dollar isn’t the answer. And instead success to me looks more like wealth as categories of our life. So, for me finances is an area of wealth management, my time is an area of wealth management, my relationships, my adventure… I have these different accounts that I manage as a wealth manager of my life. And to me I want to I talk about this trifecta, life and play and that to be successful that means to me learning to be successful in my career and the impact I making the world which then does come with financial reward but it’s also about entrusting with the people that I care for…”
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