In this episode of Business Brain, Dave and Shannon discuss a variety of topics, starting with the expansion of Spirit Halloween stores into the Christmas season with Spirit Christmas, highlighting the pop-up retail model’s risk-managed approach. They then dive into Michael Girdley’s list of “11 tells of successful people,” exploring traits like clarity of speech, the ability to take action, and a willingness to take risks and be introspective. Shannon shares his own experiences with entrepreneurial challenges, including a software business failure that led to a successful book.
The hosts also emphasize the importance of unfailing self-belief and optimism while discussing how successful people make hard tasks look easy and seek to align compensation with their contributions. The episode includes a sponsorship message from Shopify, underscoring its role in helping entrepreneurs sell products effectively.
- 00:00:00 Business Brain – The Entrepreneurs’ Podcast #591 for Casual Friday, October 18th, 2024
- October 18th: National Necktie Day
- 00:01:19 Spirit Halloween stays open with a new sign…Spirit Christmas!
- 00:04:11 SPONSOR: Shopify – For anyone to sell anywhere, sign up for a one-dollar-per month trial period at Shopify.com/BusinessBrain and upgrade your selling today!
- 00:06:21 Michael Girdley-11 Tells of Successful People
- Clarity of speech
- Two Marshmallow Thinkers
- Cheap Cars
- Introspective by Nature
- Bias to action
- Super responsive
- Make hard things look easy
- Intellectual honesty
- Game selection
- Want to be compensated for contribution
- Unfailing self-belief and optimism
- 00:18:15 Being able to frame your failures
- 00:20:01 BB 591 Outtro
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