David Wood quit his career as a Consulting Actuary to Fortune 100 companies, to create the world’s largest coaching business. He now coaches rock star entrepreneurs to double their revenue faster, overcome Shiny Object Syndrome, and be a more extraordinary entrepreneur and human.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I had to learn how to market myself, how to position myself… Learning my craft was a challenge and learning how to market was a challenge. Then again when I got to coaching again, I had to learn my craft and you have got to study and you have got to learn market yourself. So, I went and hired one of the best coaches in the world at the time and I said you’ve done this show me how to do it. And so, I had to learn about speaking and speaking for clients, I had to learn about the Internet it was just becoming a thing”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts Book by Brené Brown
Also mentioned:
Favourite Quote:
“if you are not in the present moment then you are rushing towards your death instead of turning towards your life”
Recommended Online Resources:
- Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California. Its website was launched on February 4, 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg, along with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes.
- Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems Zoom Rooms is the original software based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done Zoom is a private company headquartered in San Jose, CA
- WhatsApp – fast, simple, secure messaging and calling for free*, available on phones all over the world.
- Google Docs – Create a new document and edit it with others at the same time — from your computer, phone or tablet Free with a Google account
- Xperiencify – The Future of Online Courses, Digital Training & Education. The ONLY course platform that builds 7 powerful psychological triggers into your course, so that 10-30 times more students achieve success!
- Dropbox – Bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and keep your files safe
- Google Sheets Create a new spreadsheet and edit it with others at the same time — from your computer, phone or tablet Free with a Google account
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“you need to work out when to keep on pushing because you will be that success story a few years from now and you will say look that was really hard but look how persistent I was. And when to stop because nobody wants what you have. And I can’t tell you when that is… But sometimes you have just got to stop because you are going to waste years of your life and other times you keep doing it. One clue will be if you love it. If you love it then you really aren’t going to lose by spending a few years on it. If you don’t love it well danger Will Robinson danger, danger, danger”…[Listen for More]
More About David Wood:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
A.C. Benson “Very often, a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”
Other Quotes From the Chat with David Wood:
- “there is so much I’ve studied that’s become useful. I think working with the coach earlier would have been a good idea. I did finally get around to getting your coach but even when I did, I got a cheap coach and that was helpful but when I finally went and found one of the top coaches in Australia started working with her things really accelerated. She got me out there speaking on stage, she had a whole bunch of experience I could draw from and I think she helped me shortcut it”
- “at times it is going to get really, really hard. In fact, at times, it will be so hard you don’t know you are going to make it and you don’t know if you are going to survive it but you probably will. You can survive a lot more than you think so a lot of it is going to be unnecessary fear”
- “secret is not accepting now”
- “sometimes it is about gentle persistence and not giving up. Now look I might try it 50 times to get something happening and a lot of the times I won’t get anywhere. That happens a lot. But every now and then something will come through and people will be like wow how lucky. I’d say it’s lucky if you look at this one thing but it’s not lucky if you look at the thousand things I tried to do. Because a couple of them have to happen”
- “we know longer want the tough leaders that know all of the answers. I don’t think that’s what we are going for. I think we want people who are willing to listen, to have some humility and are better at asking questions than giving answers”
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