Seth Buechley is a serial entrepreneur and business founder, who has used his life lessons to write a book, that tackles the plaguing question of why ambitious people struggle to find satisfaction and reveals what they can do about it. His exceptional perspective, which began in a commune in the woods and led him to financial success through several multi-million dollar businesses, shines through his candid and direct insights into the advantages and disadvantages of ambition. A seasoned entrepreneur and leader of high-growth companies, Seth illustrates the fundamental nature of gratitude in making the shift to lasting leadership impact.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Seth’s father
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I’ve had to overcome a fear of failure, a fear of can I ever be as good as I was the first time, in my case of having a big win early on I think created this unrealistic burden that everything I do that everything I do in the future has to measure up or be as good as that was and so most of the challenges I face in life I believe are between my own ears”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else in Business Book by Patrick M. Lencioni
Favourite Quote:
“The first person to unchartered waters get’s to make the charts”
Recommended Online Resources:
Michael Hyatt – Get the clarity, confidence, and tools you need to win at work and succeed at life
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Make sure that you’re completely aligned with a support network, if you’re married, it starts with your wife, be very very intentional about seeking out mentors, people that have been there and done that before you. Often the process of designating someone is awkward and I say get past all of that and just find people that have been somewhere you want to go, develop genuine authentic relationships with them and then just learn from them”…[Listen for More]
More About Seth Buechley:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t ask questions that you don’t want the answer to.” John Henry Reese
Other Quotes From the Chat with Seth Buechley:
- “I’ve learned the most through the painful failures”
- “There’s a phrase I like to call sudden wealth syndrome, I didn’t invent the phrase but it’s a legitimate experience where if you come off of a big win, you need to take some time and be patient rather than just jump in to other things and at that point I jumped into other things and they were things that I really didn’t understand, businesses that I really wasn’t intimately involved with and frankly I just had more money than brains at that point”
- “I think that there are a million causes, and that’s why there are a million businesses”
- “You have to have a plan but you actually have to start to be able to discover what the real obstacles are”
- “Lifelong learning is the key to change”
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