362: Grow Beyond What is Safe, with John Corcoran
Coaching for Leaders
Dave Stachowiak
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 23 July 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
John Corcoran: Rise25
John Corcoran is a recovering attorney, writer, and former speechwriter to both President Bill Clinton and the Governor of California. Throughout his career, John has worked in Hollywood, the heart of Silicon Valley, and ran his own law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business owners and entrepreneurs. He is also the creator of Smart Business Revolution, Rise25, and the Smart Business Revolution podcast.
Key Points
- You have to place a premium on relationships, no matter what industry you’re in.
- Many people resist pivoting because of the relationships they might leave behind.
- If you’re not hearing No very often, you’re not trying hard enough.
- If you get No’s, it means you’re on the cusp of a new level.
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| 0:00.0 | We all experience transitions. |
| 0:02.0 | Some of them are forced upon us. |
| 0:04.0 | Some of them are by choice. |
| 0:06.0 | When a pivot does happen, the mindset we have makes all the difference. |
| 0:11.0 | On this episode, John Corcoran returns to challenge us to grow beyond what is safe. |
| 0:17.0 | This is coaching for leaders episode 362. |
| 0:21.0 | Produced by Innovate Learning, Maximizing Human Potential. |
| 0:27.0 | Greetings to you from Orange County, California. This is coaching for leaders and I'm your host, Dave Stahoviac. |
| 0:38.0 | Leaders aren't born, they're made, and this weekly show gives you access to the practical wisdom that will |
| 0:44.9 | empower you to become a better leader. And if you've been leading in any capacity |
| 0:51.2 | in any kind of organization you know the value of changing things up |
| 0:56.4 | sometimes the choice is ours to make that change and to pivot into something new |
| 1:01.3 | oftentimes the choice is made for us or it's influenced by things that are happening |
| 1:06.9 | in our professional lives around us. |
| 1:09.6 | And today I'm really glad to welcome back to the show someone who's been a leader in so many |
| 1:14.5 | different places and has also leveraged the value of pivoting effectively and |
| 1:20.7 | doing it in a way that has really grown and strengthened tremendous |
| 1:25.8 | relationships. I'm thrilled to welcome back to coaching for leaders John Corcoran. |
| 1:30.1 | He is a recovering attorney, writer, and former speech writer to both President Bill Clinton and the Governor of California. |
| 1:36.5 | Throughout his career, John has worked in Hollywood, the heart of Silicon Valley, |
| 1:40.3 | and ran his own law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area catering to small business |
| 1:44.0 | owners and entrepreneurs. He's written for Forbes, entrepreneur, business insider, life |
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