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The School of Greatness

827 Mark Sisson: Building a $200 Million Dollar Personal Brand

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2019

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO CHANGE LANES. Pivoting isn’t a sign of failure, it’s a sign that you’re listening to feedback. You have to know when to jump ship. If you don’t, you might be missing out on some amazing new opportunities. So, how do you know which direction to take? See what people are responding to. Build relationships with your audience. And never think you’ve missed your chance to follow a dream. There’s no better time than now. On today’s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk about being able to pivot with an entrepreneur who is never afraid to change directions: Mark Sisson. Mark Sisson is a New York Times bestselling author and founder of Primal Nutrition, LLC, and Primal Kitchen, LLC. He is the publisher of MarksDailyApple.com, the #1-ranked blog for over a decade in its health and fitness category. Mark says that he figured out his famous product by first building a brand. It took a lot of groundwork but ultimately paid off in the end. So get ready to learn how to be a successful entrepreneur at any age on Episode 827. Some Questions I Ask: How do you know when you need to pivot? (15:15) How did you have the mindset to shift into running a large business? (30:00) What advice would you have for people building their personal brand? (34:30) What was your biggest fear when building a food business? (40:00) How do you deal with companies knocking off your product? (45:00) In This Episode You Will Learn: About Mark’s journey to where he is now (6:00) The greatest skill set an entrepreneur can have (13:00) The power of hiring a team to execute your vision (31:00) Why in retail you have to compete on brand not price (36:00) How to build a brand (38:00) If you enjoyed this episode, check out the video, show notes and more at www.lewishowes.com/827 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

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0:00.0

Episode number 827 with New York Times bestselling author Mark Sissin

0:07.6

Welcome to the School of Greatness. My name is Lewis Howe's former pro athlete turned lifestyle entrepreneur in each week

0:15.6

We bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness

0:22.6

Thanks for spending some time with me today now let the class begin

0:31.0

Albert Einstein said the measure of intelligence is the ability to change

0:39.2

Welcome to this episode with Mark Sissin building a $200 million personal brand

0:45.6

So excited about this interview because I've known Mark for a long time and it's been amazing to watch him continue

0:53.8

to change

0:55.3

Adapt and change adapt and change and not get stuck or set in one way if you don't know who he is he's the author of

1:05.3

Many bestselling books an entrepreneur and founder of primal kitchen and

1:10.9

primal nutrition his bestselling book the primal blueprint

1:15.2

It's credited with turbocharging the growth of the primal and paleo movement back in 2009 before there was really a movement about this stuff

1:23.2

His book the keto reset diet was a New York time bestsell and reached number one overall bestseller among all books on Amazon.com for two days

1:31.3

additionally, he's written

1:33.1

popular primal themed cookbooks and lifestyle books and

1:36.8

Publisher over at markstaleyapple.com the number one ranked blog for over a decade in its health and fitness category

1:45.0

Mark was a

1:46.4

Marathoner for a number of years finishing the top five in the 1980 US National Marathon Championships

1:53.0

for a qualifying spot of

1:55.0

The 1980 US Olympic trials and in this interview we talk about how arriving at your superpower takes time

2:02.4

Now mark didn't find a superpower early on he's

2:06.6

He's been a seasoned entrepreneur for a long time since before I was born and it's continually changed and adapted to find a superpower

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