In today’s episode of the ‘I Own It’ Podcast by Ben Reinberg, I am joined by Vick Tipnes, CEO of Blackstone Medical Services, Amazon’s best-selling author ‘Did You Sell Your Soul,’ and a successful entrepreneur.
Vick’s success story is remarkable as an owner of a multi-dollar company achieving a 325% growth over the last seven years. At the age of 13, Vick envisioned himself to be an entrepreneur and he did make it happen. Fast forward to this date, he now uses his experience to inspire communities in following their dreams.
Vicks shares his journey to landing in the field of medical services, his inspiration in writing the book, his insights about business success, and more. So join Ben and Vick to find out how he created the nation’s top sleep testing company from only $78!
Show Breakdown:
0:17 - Guest intro
1:04 - The reason behind his book title: ‘Did you sell your soul?’
4:36 - The philosophy of happiness vs motivation
7:27 - The importance of having a purpose in life
13:10 - Entrepreneurship: How to find a niche
16:37 - Overview of self-development
26:18 - How being optimistic helps in overcoming personal struggles
32:28 - Guest’s inspiration in writing his book
34:59 - Defining ‘what pays it forward’
38:14 - Self-care tips
41:17 - How to utilize social media for business
45:24 - The successful formula = to have a role
55:14 - What advice would Vick give his sixteen-year-old self
58:33 - What would be Vick’s last meal on earth?
1:00:23 - If Vick Could listen to one band or musician right now, live in studio, who would it be?
Key Quotes:
“Motivation is short-lived. You can go to a weekend seminar and get motivated and then come Tuesday sitting in bed with the sh** over your head. Because you can't handle life. Motivation died out. Happiness is short-lived too. Happiness is something that you get at the end of a cycle. You go buy a new car. You're happy because you accomplish a goal. ‘Hey, I'm happy!’ is momentary. So I'm not out there necessarily teaching or talking about trying to obtain happiness. I think what I'm out there trying to say is if you have a life, a desire, and a goal, what you're trying to accomplish, whatever your desired ideal scene is in life, the only you're going to get there is through discipline.” - Vick Tipnes
“You do have to be resource-rich. You bring in the right resources or whatever business you're in. But at the end of the day, every day is not going to be perfect. And I agree with you that you should keep pushing forward. I think people must learn and find out what their mission and purpose is. Then every day, if you're working within that purpose or that mission, that's where you have the energy. That's where you show up. That's where your persistence is. And I see that a lot.” - Ben Reinberg
“I think it's important that people realize that if you have that routine of constantly improving your health, it adds a lot of benefits to your life and great success. With all the actions you have to take to have success, to have that ability to be healthy and the energy, and to get it done.” - Ben Reinberg
“Like people have to understand, you have to have roles like a home is an organization, just like a business.” - Vick Tipnes
“Focus is focusing on what you want to achieve.” - Ben Reinberg
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