Leaning Towards Your True Identity ft. Sam Thiara - #109
Sam is a mentor, life coach, and is also a professor at a college in Canada. He has done some TedX speaking as well and is known for his ability to work with individuals and help them grow. I dug with Sam into his story and we talked about some of the big gems he has learned.
In This Episode:
- A framework to help you make decisions that will help you long term
- A great story of bouncing back from adversity
- A lot of encouragement if you are trying to figure out what to do with your life
More From Sam:
http://www.sam-thiara.com/
His Book: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Seeking-Finding-Myself/dp/0993758150/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BRT51W8KXJ65V0255N2H
Time Stamps:
1:55 – The day Sam graduated from college
3:38 – Three life lessons from being a janitor at a hospital (first job after college)
9:00 – 5 Elements of a life explained
12:00 – 5 Core Elements of a Life
15:30 – Shifting to things more in line with your identity.
16:30 – The two words that got Sam to leave his government job.
18:50 – Getting to work on the Olympic bid team in Vancouver
22:20 – Sam’s first entrepreneurial endeavor and how it went
24:00 – Are you like a corner store or are you like Starbucks?
27:35 – Talking about what leadership is
28:30 – Who Sam’s biggest mentor has been
30:00 – What Sam is working on right now
Quotes:
When you give your inner voice more power than the noise around you than things that go in line with your true values and ideals make more sense and you know what you should be putting your energy towards.
To do something entrepreneurial you need to be able to answer the question, “What’s a problem you are going to solve that people want?”
“Who you are as an individual is very reflected in the business you will do.”