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The Playbook With David Meltzer

The Mindset of a Leader | A Conversation With the CEO of YPO, Scott Mordell

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.61.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Hey everyone! I hope you are all healthy and happy. Today's episode was the very first interview I did on Zoom after beginning to work from home. I was fortunate to talk with the CEO of YPO, Scott Mordell. We talk about creating a good career path and what is the mindset of a good leader. I wish I was apart of YPO back in 2008 because I would not have lost everything. Don't forget, I host a free training every Friday and I want you to be apart of it, so text me at (949) 298-2905 so I can send you an invite. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:15.7

Hey everyone. Today I've got a conversation with the CEO of YPO, Scott Mordell, and we're going to discuss every good career path is accidental, what the mindset of a leader is like and finally the challenges of transition. Remember I'm hosting a free live training every Friday and I want you to be a part of

0:21.2

it. So text me at 949 298.

0:25.0

2905. That's 949 2982905 so I can send you the invite.

0:32.0

This is entrepreneurs, playbook. This is Dave

0:35.0

Melter with the very first non-live entrepreneurs the playbook and I to set it

0:42.3

off right have an extraordinary guest Scott Mordel he's the CEO of YPO and if you're not familiar with YPO I'm gonna let Scott share how extraordinary of an organization it is in 130 countries,

0:54.6

I think 28,000 professionals that are

0:58.8

in the organization worldwide.

1:00.6

And in his experience and exposure

1:02.4

to key executives and how they think and what they should do and how we can all innovate and be better and happier.

1:08.0

That's why I had him on, especially during this time. Welcome Scott to the playbook.

1:12.0

Thank you, David. It's really

1:13.8

great to be here with you today. Well let's start with just giving a

1:16.7

little bit of background of your playbook to success of how you end up to be

1:22.1

the CEO of YPO because I'm sure of why P. P. P.O.

1:24.3

because I'm sure that wasn't in your kind of doctor lawyer failure

1:28.5

playbook with your siblings.

1:30.8

That's absolutely true.

1:31.8

Like every good career path David, it's accidental as it would go. So as I was going through my life, I've really just had a point of view that it's all about people. Organizations are made up of people.

1:43.0

Economies are made of people.

1:45.0

Countries are made of people.

1:46.0

My family is near as I can tell it is made up of people.

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