You’re One Connection Away From Changing Your Life with Scott MacGregor

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

What if one conversation could change the entire direction of your life? In this episode, I bring back one of my favorite conversations with my dear friend, Scott MacGregor, founder of The Outlier Project, founder & CEO of SomethingNew LLC, and bestselling author. Scott and I share how a single LinkedIn message between strangers grew into years of friendship, collaboration, and life-changing opportunities, and how you can do the same. We talk about the mindset shift from transactional networking to building long-term relationships that open unexpected doors. Scott breaks down how to play chess, not checkers, in your career, nurture connections with genuine care, and position yourself as the person everyone wants in the room. Get ready to learn how to build friendships that fuel your goals and transform every ‘no’ into your next opportunity. In This Episode, You Will Learn Why one genuine relationship can change your entire career path. How to play chess instead of checkers in business and networking. The difference between transactional asks and transformational relationships. How to connect with high-impact people (and stay on their radar). How to spot genuine relationships vs. drive-by friendships. The mindset + tactical framework behind building a high-impact network. Resources + Links Join The Way Beyond Networking Masterclass HERE! Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/monahan Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at NetSuite.com/MONAHAN. Want to do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic? Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/MONAHAN. Get 10% off your first Mitopure order at timeline.com/CONFIDENCE. Get 15% off your first order when you use code CONFIDENCE15 at checkout at jennikayne.com. Call my digital clone at 201-897-2553! Visit heathermonahan.com Sign up for my mailing list: heathermonahan.com/mailing-list/ Overcome Your Villains is Available NOW! Order here: https://overcomeyourvillains.com If you haven't yet, get my first book Confidence Creator Follow Heather on Instagram & LinkedIn Scott on Instagram & LinkedIn

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0:00.0	People play checkers and they don't play chess. They take one mood. They're very transactional.
0:06.7	It's like, am I going to win the game? And if it's yes, they're going to do it. If it's no,
0:11.2	they won't do it. And relationships are like that. We could have probably never predicted
0:17.4	all the things that we would do together and collaborate on. You can't predict that
0:23.6	stuff. You're literally one person away and really one conversation away from changing your
0:31.9	entire life. I'm on this journey with me. Each week when you join me, we are going to
0:36.8	chase down our goals.
0:38.8	We'll overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.
0:43.3	I'm ready for my close-up.
0:44.8	Did you know I recently celebrated having created 450 episodes of this podcast, and we are still
0:52.8	going strong. Thank you for listening.
0:55.0	That is a lot of topics and amazing guests.
0:57.3	So I thought I would put together a few of my listener favorites for the month of September
1:02.1	as bonuses on Thursdays to help you catch up on what you may have missed so you can
1:08.2	keep growing your confidence with these confidence classics. Let me know what
1:12.7	you think.
1:18.3	Hi and welcome back. I'm so excited for you to be back here with us this week. Okay, it's so rare
1:25.1	that I have someone on multiple times in the show. But today,
1:28.0	you are going to be with one of my dearest and best friend, Scott McGregor, who is also an incredible
1:33.6	guest, and we are going to get into some major hacks that are going to grow your business for Q4
1:40.2	in 2006. So, Scott, thank you so much for being here. Heather, you know, it is an absolute honor.
1:47.8	I waited forever to get on the podcast that it was so awesome to be on the first times. It'd be on
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