Episode #006 - Keys To Unlock Professional & Personal Transformation with Ford Taylor
Summary:
Ford Taylor - Servant leader, entrepreneurial bread-winner, husband, father, author of “The Hike” and “Relactional Leadership” amd. founder of Transformational Leadership Training, and FHA Consultants - discusses how he solves complex business problems with straightforward practical solutions. He discusses his beginning as a young entrepreneur, his simultaneous professional success and personal failure, his relationships with workmates and family, and how he transformed himself.
Show Notes:
* Ford explains that although his professional life as a CEO was considered very successful, his personal life was a train wreck, how he recovered from the brink..
* Finding true success through balance and significance by giving back to the community
* Accountability partners are a primary catalyst for meaningful transformation and how “bumper buddies” serve you out of love and honesty
* Ford describes his entrepreneurial start from humble beginnings as a young man with a lawn mowing service
* How an affair almost killed him and how forgiveness restored, and save his family
* Ford had visions of how others would perceive him at his funeral, and it helped him reconsider his life goals and objectives
* Ford describes his “guilt t-chart” and how it relates to fear, shame, and lies
* How would Ford rebuild if he woke up one day completely destitute
3 Key Points:
1. Even though society can perceive someone as professionally successful, there may be a hidden picture behind the veil that tells the true story.
2. You need to surround yourself with people that hold you accountable through love and honesty.
3. Don’t let fear of personal failure move you in the wrong direction as it will if you let it.
Key Quotes:
* “When you think you’re successful the way I thought I was successful, that can lead to a lot of arrogance and pride, and that’s not success at all.” – Ford Taylor
* “If at any point [people] don’t want to go to work, they may be missing what their true calling is.” Ford Taylor
* “If your fear is in the right place, it’s amazing how much freedom we get from that.” - Ford Taylor
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