#97 - Entrepreneurship and Owner Shift with Mike Malatesta

In this episode, Dr. Tarryn MacCarthy is joined by Entrepreneur, Podcaster, and Author Mike Malatesta to talk about the importance of humility in facing adversity and how he got out of the valley of uncertainty he was stuck in. He also talks about his book Owner Shift: How Getting Selfish Got Me Unstuck, which explains why so many entrepreneurs get stuck and how they can get free once again.

Mike Malatesta is a servant [and selfish] leader with a proven talent for developing exciting vision and mission initiatives, building the teamwork talent and systems necessary to realize those initiatives, and executing with a team to deliver the desired results.

He loves supporting and helping entrepreneurs bring their dreams to fruition, breakthrough barriers and achieve massive success. He has lived in their shoes since he was 26, and he has been through - and is still on - the roller coaster they are. He has experienced the excitement, pain, grit, and mistakes that come with every entrepreneurial journey.

He is an entrepreneur who has helped start, grow, and sell two amazingly successful waste management companies. One sold for mid-8 figures and the other sold for low-9 figures. He knows how hard it is to be an entrepreneur and what a long shot it can be to achieve the success and freedom that are the entrepreneurial goal. He also knows what it takes to get there.

Find Mike at:
Website: https://mikemalatesta.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikemalatesta/
YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1nMJV0LaxvRmJkGp20raUg/
How'd It Happen Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/howd-it-happen-podcast/id1441722417

Show notes:
[3:22] Who is Mike Malatesta?
[8:44] On his new book and how selfishness helped him get unstuck
[13:22] On accountability
[14:39] Creating boundaries is a good way to be selfish
[16:13] His advice for people who are stuck in the grind of their career
[19:10] The financial belief system in being stuck
[22:21] Leverage Happiness Workshop — group coaching for your business is the solution to your workplace engagement problems
[23:36] Where he is stuck on his new entrepreneurial journey
[27:56] Letting go of one dream and stepping in front of another
[29:35] The most interesting connection he found with the people he interviewed for his book
[33:50] Importance of humility in facing adversity
[37:24] Mike’s superpower
[38:08] His definition of happiness
[38:40] On having regrets
[41:00] What is next for Mike?
[42:49] A nugget of wisdom from Mike
[45:36] Outro

Please join my Facebook group: Business Of Happiness Hive, so we can all take this journey to find fulfillment and happiness together.

Where to find me:
Website: www.thebizofhappiness.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thebusinessofhappiness
IG: instagram.com/thebizofhappiness

If you subscribe, leave a review, and share this podcast with your friends, co-workers, and families, it would mean the world to me. This will help the trajectory of this podcast and allow others who are seeking true happiness to find the podcast.