Paul Davidescu - Authentic Goal Setting (Goals)

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2016

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Paul Davidescu is the co-founder of Tangoo Entertainment Inc. Tangoo is both a web and mobile app that takes moods, occasion, and social graph, to craft the perfect outing of restaurants and venues tailored to social contexts. The app has also been featured on Global TV, CTV, and the Dragons' Den. Paul talks to the guys on the subject of setting authentic goals for yourself and how you can bring value to others. Paul is also the ManTalks ‘Man of the Week’ – which you can read all about here. Key Takeaways: [2:35] What does Paul do? [4:55] How did Paul get started as an entrepreneur? [7:10] What are the key things you need to become a successful entrepreneur? [11:00] How can you bring people together in memorable ways? [13:50] Validate that what you think is a problem, is indeed a real problem for others. [15:10] Paul has never really set goals before. [16:00] Some people need goals, whereas others don't. [19:40] Paul shares on how he discovered a reliable way for him to set and stick to his goals. [24:30] How do you plan goals ten years ahead? [27:25] Sometimes plans change, so have a vision and set 1 – 5 year goals. [29:55] Very strict goals can be counteractive. [36:15] How do you show up for your team? [40:05] Say no to people who won't bring you value. [41:55] Paul talks on how you can bring value to other people. [54:30] It's a big mistake trying to withhold your great idea. [56:10] What does it mean, for Paul, to be a man today? [1:01:20] What kind of legacy would Paul like to leave behind? [1:03:55] What is Paul excited for in the upcoming months and the new year? Mentioned In This Episode: http://mantalks.com/ https://tangoo.ca/ The Lean Startup by Eric Ries Bold by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler * * * If want to support the show and help others find the show please LEAVE US AN ITUNES REVIEW! http://bit.ly/22HyGqv Connect with the show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManTalks.ca/ , Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mantalks/ and Twitter: https://twitter.com/man_talks. * * * See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've got some living yet to do. I won't give up on you. See these machines.
0:09.7	Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Mant Talks podcast. It is 2016. I hope you
0:14.4	lovely's had an amazing holiday. Connor and I are excited about the first interview of 2016.
0:20.4	It is with Paul David Escu. Paul David
0:23.0	Escu is the founder of Tangu, which is an amazing mobile app that kind of creates that network
0:29.5	of individuals and connects them to amazing restaurants and bars and really focuses a lot around
0:35.6	the idea of social connection. But today's conversation
0:39.5	is awesome because we really touch a lot on goal setting, which we think is perfect for the
0:44.4	beginning of the year. We touch on entrepreneurship and we touch on sort of the social connections
0:51.0	that you need to make to create a strong business. Connor, what got you excited about today's interview?
0:56.6	Yeah, I mean, today is really about authentic goal setting.
0:59.0	So tuning into, you know, those things that you want to achieve not only this year, but three
1:03.9	years from now and maybe 10 years from now.
1:05.8	So really setting yourself up for success for the future, not just the next sort of like six to 12 months
1:11.8	I think there's some really really great nuggets of wisdom in this podcast around
1:17.6	creating the network that helps you achieve the things that you want to achieve I'm a very I'm a huge
1:23.2	achiever so this this really satisfied that that sort of like need or desire within myself. So if you have some, you know, goals or some things that you want to accomplish this year, whether it's health, business, personal relationships, this, this podcast is definitely going to help you tune into that. Totally. It's a long one. It's, uh, it's, it's just over an hour. Uh, we, covered a lot. Paul's got a lot of energy, so he came to his table today with a lot to say, and I think there's a lot of incredible value that you're going to get out of it. So, dig in. Hope you enjoy. And we'll talk to you next week.
2:00.0	Hey, Paul.
2:01.8	Welcome to the show.
2:19.0	Thank you for having me. Stoked, I'm actually really excited to be here. Excellent. We're really excited to have you, too. It's an early morning, and I'm sorry we pulled you in just after the holidays. It's never nice to get that sort of wake-up call, but I'm glad to have you. Yeah, thanks for having me. And yes to know, because the last four days I've just taken completely off for myself.
2:35.8	So today I am utterly refreshed and really excited to be here. So thanks for having me. Awesome. So before we get started, we always like to ask our guests sort of what it is that you do. How would you describe yourself just to give some context to listeners and sort of start the conversation off? Sure. Sure. I'll link it to what I'm really passionate about.
2:41.7	And I've had an obsession to bring people together in memorable ways.
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