Mac Prichard is the founder and publisher of Mac’s List, an online community for people looking for rewarding, creative, and meaningful work. More than 80,000 people a month visit the site, which includes a job board, and a blog and courses about the nuts and bolts of job hunting and career management. A leading career expert, Mac helps people who are looking for a job during all of life’s transitions: millennials getting a first job, midlife professionals switching sectors, parents getting back to work after raising a family, or baby boomers who want to change careers. Mac is proud to own two registered B-Corp companies, which use the power of markets to solve social and environmental problems. He is the author of Land Your Dream Job Anywhere and hosts the weekly podcast, ‘Find Your Dream Job.’
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Mac’s first 2 bosses
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the main one was uncertainty and lack of confidence. Let’s go back it was 10 years ago, I had a job I enjoyed, great benefits, regular hours and I knew the job would come to an end in about 18 months but when I got the call from our funder saying hey I think you should go out on your own and start your own business and I’ll give you these contracts while I said oh that sounds great let’s talk about that, I was really thinking do I really want to do this”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Book by Carol Dweck
Favourite Quote:
“Reject the tyranny of being picked, pick yourself”
Recommended Online Resources:
Identify the leaders in your field
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Know and pay attention to your financials and know your customers and their problems, you got to have your numbers right and you got to be clear about who you serve and what keeps them up at night because if you know what their problems are that will help you get clear about the value that you offer, people will pay you to solve their problems, you might have great ideas but if they’re not going to make life easier for your potential client, chances are it’s just an idea”…[Listen for More]
More About Mac Prichard:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The answers to life’s biggest questions are not found on Google.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Mac Prichard:
- “I see so many people waiting to be chosen by an employer, a vendor, by others and there’s a better way, if you’re clear about your goals, you’re not always bat a thousand or succeed every time but so many people struggle with where they want to go and how they want to get there and if you figure those 2 steps out Neil you’re both your goal and your roadmap for accomplishing it, you’re going to have so much more success than people who are waiting to be chosen”
- “Talk to the people who are successful in your local community”
- “Make sure that you’re tracking your revenue and your cost otherwise you might provide great service but you might not be pressing it right and there might be billing issues, you got to make sure your numbers are in order in order for your business to prosper and thrive”
- “Each of us has certain gifts but the people who don’t take risks and don’t try to develop new talents don’t have as much success after adolescence as those who do stick their necks out and do try new things and aren’t afraid to fail”
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