Episode 86 Making Elephants Fly with Terry Weaver

Author: John Hulen
Published: Wed 19 Jan 2022
Episode Link: https://relationshipsandrevenue.libsyn.com/episode-86-making-elephants-fly-with-terry-weaver

In today's episode, John talks with Terry Weaver - author of Making Elephants Fly: Getting Your Dreams Off the Ground, keynote speaker, coach, founder of The Thing conference, podcaster, ideapreneur, and dreamer. Terry helps leaders navigate the galaxy of entrepreneurship.

Listen to this episode to learn more:

[01:49] - The weather channel and entrepreneurship

[05:06] - Building long term relationships in business

[09:44] - Sales process is about serving people

[11:16] - How to be successful

[19:43] - Suggestions to change the education system

[23:02] - Future of the retail industry

[30:00] - The world is shifting and you must be ready to adapt

[32:01] - How Terry helps people find clarity

[41:13] - Don't have just one business, have a portfolio of things that you do

[46:35] - Terry's definition of creatives

[51:04] - Scariest thing in the entrepreneur space

[56:11] - About his podcast Making Elephants Fly

[1:04:25] - About The Thing conferences - main conference and mini-conference

[1:10:54] - How Terry builds up his significant relationships and the impact those relationships have on his business

[1:18:21] - One habit that every creator/entrepreneur must have

[1:24:34] - Failing vs. failure

[1:37:52] - What leadership is all about

NOTABLE QUOTES:

"Hustle is meant to be a season, not a way of life."

"Ask yourself what you really want, get really clear about that, and then go after it."

"Unless your dream is bigger than you are, there's a real problem with your dream."

"The tribe doesn't expand what people are already in it. It's got to be people who aren't in it."

"We can only amplify someone that's already making noise. None of us can help someone who is silent."

"When you know your stuff so well, it makes it easier to say no. Because saying no to the wrong things makes it easier to say yes to the right things."

"If you're not recruiting more leaders, you're not doing anything as a leader."

"We live in a world of checks, likes, and top friend lists, and we want to accumulate relationships like we're collectors of cards."

"Ideas that don't get acted upon don't help anybody."

"Failing means I'm taking a risk. I'm trying something new. I did it wrong, and now I have an opportunity to learn from it. Failure, on the other hand, is a state of being. It is a choice to stay exactly where I am and not move forward."

BOOKS MENTIONED:

The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level by Gay Hendricks (https://tinyurl.com/TheBigLeapBookGH)
Hell Yeah or No: What’s Worth Doing by Derek Sivers (https://sive.rs/n)

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