Paul O’Brien is a visionary entrepreneur who invented a new category of software in 1989, which evolved to become the world’s largest astrology and divination website: Tarot.com. He is the author of three books, including Great Decisions, Perfect Timing: Cultivating Intuitive Intelligence. He hosts the Pathways radio show and podcast, an interview program that focuses on personal and cultural transformation.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Steve Jobs
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I was an accidental entrepreneur, I had spent my adult life learning the software industry which I was fascinated by, I was fascinated by the potentials of it and I had visions of multimedia software way way ahead of the conventions of CD ROMS and the internet, for me the challenges of becoming an entrepreneur were kind of, financial challenge, I didn’t have family money, I didn’t have any backers and I didn’t have any product or company vision that was likely to attract investors”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- I Ching
- Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha Book by Tara Brach
Favourite Quote:
“At times you have to leave the city of your country and go into the wilderness of your intuition, what you’ll discover will be wonderful, what you’ll discover is yourself”
Recommended Online Resources:
You Tube – Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Take the risks that grow you is probably the best advice that I could give because if something is going to help you develop in an area of your natural temperament or interests or aptitudes, you can’t lose no matter what happens you’re going to win, whether it turns out to be a highly profitable thing to do in terms of monetary success or not you’re going to be glad you did it just for the sake of the experience”…[Listen for More]
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Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Answers are bitter things, and once you get them, they’re yours and you can’t give them back. Did I want to know badly enough that I was willing to live with whatever answer she gave me?” Seanan McGuire
Other Quotes From the Chat with Paul O’Brien:
- “So if you take the risks that grow you as opposed to risks that just about investments or whatever, you’re going to have a lot more satisfaction in life whether you succeed or not and that’s kind of what kept me going when I started out as an entrepreneur I realised okay if this thing doesn’t work out I’m going to be glad I did it because I will have learned so much from the process of going at it”
- “Acceptance is the most powerful catalyst for change”
- “Let it grow the way it wants rather than try and twist it into some kind of bonsai that our ego tells us is superior form”
- “You’ve got to be super scrappy, very resourceful”
- “I think too much education can stomp the creativity out of you”
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