Episode #011 - How You Know You're Living In Your Calling...with Mark Leblanc
Mark Leblanc - business owner, keynote speaker, business coach, consultant, and author, shares his experience of entering his 36th year in business helping small businesses succeed. Find out what Mark Leblanc has learned along the way, the impact of his consultation and coaching efforts, the four books he has authored or co-authored, and founder of the Achievers Circle Business Retreat.
Show Notes:
- How did Mark Leblanc discover “his calling” and how did he know this was it
- When did Mark know self-employment was a part of “his calling”
- You have to earn the right to be a professional speaker in service to others
- What advice does Mark have for guys that struggle to start their entrepreneurial journey
- Are you "Inspired" by your goal or just interested in it..makes all the difference?
- Time and money are the most common excuses for not pursuing your dreams
- Plant seeds and foundations even by doing something, even a little bit over time, on a consistent basis
- What was Mark’s initial inspiration to write his books
- Authors have to be the most excited person about their books - not the even the reader....
- Here Mark's pearls of wisdom he gained and transformation he experience gained from his 500-mile long treks
- No matter how tired you get, you can always take one more step
- Take time to ponder a critical life principle...Who do you love and who loves you...invest in them first
- Don’t sacrifice your soul to please others
- Successful people learn how to say “no”...most of the time
- Don’t say stuck in the get ready to get ready mode...take action today
3 Key Points:
- Inspired tension is the push and pull of a dream when you are not working on that dream.
- There is a big distinction between being inspired by your passion and being interested.
- Sometimes the longer the runway the greater the flight.
Quotables:
- “When I found out speaking could be a career, it was game over.” - Mark Leblanc
- “I made a vow at 21 that I would do whatever it would take to make it on my own. That I would never go to work for somebody again, and I maintained that.” - Mark Leblanc
- “Think of your current position and your future position as parallel tracks not competing tracks.” - Mark Leblanc
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