Tell me what defines a great leader.
Empathy for others, definitely empathy for others.
And knowing what your strengths are and what your weaknesses are.
So I went into the business, my when I first started my school at Mitchell
Telecommunications Consulting franchise, that was the first time I went into
actually owning a franchise is knowing what are the things that you like to do best.
So I tried everything on that.
And then I realized there are some things I'm not good at, or I just didn't
really want to do. I just weren't all that exciting.
And I wasn't going to be very good at it because I didn't like doing it.
So knowing how to delegate those things that you don't like to do
or you don't want to do to other people who have a passion for those sort of things.
On there, that way, you can concentrate on your skill set and what you do best.
And then when you have people around you that's working for you, you know,
have some empathy for them and really get to know them quite a bit as people.
When I was working for the master
franchiser over at Taco Bell and help building up her teams
throughout the Sacramento, California area on the different.
She had about 50 Taco Bell's out there.
And I built up her teams and it was really getting to know employees
who really what what did they want out of life?
What were they looking to get into?
And just, you know, did you want to move up on the world
in the world of Taco Bell or becoming a manager or assistant manager
or chef leader or something like that?
Finding out from them, what is your goal?
And then helping them towards that goal, you know, having some feelings
towards them, getting to know what their aspirations are in life.
And just helping others as much as possible.
I think it was Zig Ziglar who said, you know, you help as much.
Many people get what they want in life.
You get what you want in life, something like that.
Paraphrasing a little bit.
But that's the whole idea behind being a good leader is helping people
get what they want and being a good
just a business owner as well, because you are helping other people
get what they want. So putting that all together, you help people.
You'll get to where you want to be.
And the lady from the Taco Bell that her name was Kathy, right?
If my memory serves me. Yes, yes.
I remember your story.
I tell you, I've been talking about you since I met you.
So, yeah, of course, of course.
So when it comes to you personally, I want these are thoughts
that I want to know from you, because I want to also get to know Greg as well.
What is success to you?
OK, it is being able to do what I want when I want on that one.
So it is nice to be able to feed the family and pay the bills.
That is one good thing about being successful, not have to live
paycheck to paycheck. That is always successful as well.
But the most important thing to me is that my time is my own.
I can go out and do the things that I want to do whenever I want to do them.
In my particular area of consulting, I do this pretty much all by myself.
So it is like having a job basically on that.
If I won't get paid, I don't work, I don't get paid. Simple as that.
But I get to decide how much I want to work and how much I want to get paid
on that work with the job.
You just go in nine to five and you've got that set
basically all that you're going to be on here.
I don't. I want to work a little bit harder, a little bit smarter.
I do have other people that will do quite a few things for me to help me out.
But my work with the people are one on one on that.
But if for some reason I don't feel like doing anything that day,
then I'll come on my schedule day off and then just go out and do whatever I want.
So I like the freedom.
I think being able to do what you want when you want.
And of course, having the money to do it is definitely a success for me.
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