Hi, this is Greg Kielstrom. Welcome to season three of the Agile World, where we discuss customer

employee experience, organizational and workforce transformation, and how business can adapt and

continually improve at an Agile age. The Agile World podcast is brought to you by tech systems,

an industry leader in full stack technology services, talent services, and real world application.

For more information, go to techsystems.com. To read more about the topics discussed in the show,

you can go to my website at theagile.world and read my latest articles or get a copy of my latest

book, The Agile Workforce, now available on Amazon and other retailers. My name is Greg Kielstrom,

and I'm the host of the Agile World podcast. Today, we're going to talk about handling setbacks and

how bouncing back from unexpected challenges can make you stronger, more resilient, and more

successful. To help me discuss this topic, I'd like to welcome Mike Soraco, Chief Executive Officer

at People Building, and author of Rocket Fuel. Convert setbacks to become unstoppable.

Mike, welcome to the show. Let's upgrade. Hey, man, I want to first thank you.

Gratitude is a big part of my life, and I always start every interview with gratitude to thank you

for having me and also for your audience for showing up, because that means the world to me.

So thank you. Yeah, absolutely. No, thank you for doing this. I'm looking forward to talking here.

So let's get started about the coaching, consulting, and improvement industry a little bit.

So with so many processes, books, coaches, and other tools out there,

helping people learn to become more successful, why are so many people still feeling stuck in

their professional lives? Well, really, it comes down to not being clear on what they want.

That's the first thing. I always look at clarity and vision, and being clear on what you want.

95% of the people if you ask them, they don't have any idea what their ideal life would look like if

they could have anything that they wanted. And that's where it starts. And then from there,

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