The HERO Show

“I do not think people need to be so shy about wanting to sell something. The reason why I did not mention marketing in my little triad of skills is because I think having sales skills is way more important to email than having marketing skills.” —  Nate Wright

“As a leader, you have to be thinking strategically. You must think about your visions — thinking ahead in every problem, and figuring out a way. You must have time and space that helps you look at where you are in your business and how you can create a sustainable future. Do the analysis, answer the questions such as, ‘Why are we here? Where do we want to go? What is that path? How does it work?...

“If you win, it’s your fault. And if you lose, that’s your fault too! When you realize that it’s all on you, amazing things happen. You can shift almost instantly and think about how to fix things about yourself so the bad experience never happens again. That is a brilliance of ownership. Everything is your fault.” — Donnie Boivin

“We, as humans, are doing injustice to the world. We do not respect our place in the natural systems and not understanding how much we are reliant on nature. I think COVID-19 has been a mixed blessing in some way. Despite all the damage it has done to humanity, it has shown us just how connected we are with natural systems. Finally we come to realize just how intimately interconnected we are with...

“Empathy, I define it as showing people that you understand them and care how they feel. I think if we're going to solve any of these problems, whether it's racial injustice, whether it's a coronavirus pandemic, whether it's climate change, it's going to start by being able to take some perspective and step into other people's shoes. And it's going to take some listening and being able to not just...

"When you do something for yourself, you allow yourself permission to not get it done. But when you know somebody else is relying on you, then you want to be their hero. When your team is counting on you, now you can say, ‘I have to get it done for my team members who are depending on me,’ versus ‘I'm doing it for myself,’ and end up not getting done because it's just for me.” — Jeff Beale

“Because even when life gets hard, or life hits the fan, every one of us can do five things to advance towards our bigger goal every day. And that simple principle has made a huge difference for me going from obscurity to becoming the Bye-Bye Boring Bio Expert who's world recognized for this expertise. It happened five steps a day, every single day. And then I think another guiding principle for m...

“So many people think that they don't have the ability to teach their children. They either think they don't know enough, don't have the time, or don't have the ability. We try to tell them that they've been doing it all along. So many people ask me, “How do I teach something I don't know?” If your child can use the bathroom on their own, can dress themselves, and can feed themselves that means yo...

“We all have things that we can be grateful for. When I was in the hospital, I had a choice to make. I could wallow in my pity and be a downtrodden and depressed about how my life has turned so dramatically or  I can look at all the positive things in my life and be thankful for them. That’s what I chose. I chose the attitude of gratitude. By doing that, I have not only set myself up for future su...

“I live in this place of impossibility and I make things possible. ‘Life is not fair,’ that has never been okay with me. That's why I do the work around diversity, equity, inclusion in workplaces with managers, and equipping them to be more effective because it's not okay to accept that life is not fair. If it's not fair, what can we do to make it more equitable?”   — Martine Kalaw

“My mission is to enable independently-own businesses to survive and thrive. I believe that independently-owned businesses are the corner-stone of our communities.”   — Patti Mara

“I started practicing yoga 31 years ago. I wanted to change my destiny by practicing and understanding that Yoga is a very complex system. I really was hooked into it and I still am because it transformed my life completely for the better. I wanted to pay it forward.“   — Georgiana Danet

“There are very common things people struggle with, tying dry flies, tying small flies. I even wear glasses because tying a little tiny insect is not as easy as it used to be. I always think that my struggle is with my customer. I’m not the hero here, the hero is my customer. I’m basically, Yoda.”   — Dave Stewart

“All my interactions are done from the perspective of “Be-Do-Have”. Be the change you want to see in the world. Be honest with integrity. Tell people the information they need to have in order to make a good decision for them. Trust the world to be reciprocal. Trust that the world will come back to you with the right clients and the right employees who want to be a part of that same world that you...

“I get it. People are getting sick and losing their jobs. It's a very tough time. But part of being an entrepreneur is going through that journey and experience. And this is quite the experience. 2020 has been really an experience probably for the worse. But personally, I'm all about the experiences, for better or for worse.”   — Naresh Vissa

“I always reach out on the same day — usually within the same hour. Right off the bat, if they give me a call or shoot me an email, I respond right away. Always. Without fail. So that they're not waiting forever.”   — Devin Miller

“I don't think I'm any better than anybody else. I've learned over the years, but it's very different. One of the things that was very difficult for me to comprehend was how I'm viewed because I'm that kid from the street. I didn't ever forget that — no matter how old I get. I've realized the power of my presence.” — Jerry Brazie

“And sitting there in that desk staring at those downtown Portland. It just came to me. And I said, if you don't shut up and listen if you don't find people that are smarter than you are, you're going to still be working for $45,000 a year or maybe a little bit more when you're 50 years old. And I had that specific epiphany, shut up and listen.” — Jerry Brazie

“Instead of asking for the full amount, I only asked for 50%. I gave them a 50% cut instead of just suspending payment during those months. The discount was equivalent to giving them 0 lease during the months when the city was under General Community Quarantine. The rule of law in the Philippines is that if you're into leasing, you pay from July to December for the months owed in April to June.”  ...

“The happiness that the client feels from that improvement spills over into all other areas, including business, and they actually realize the things we worked on in the relationship they can now go and apply in business. For example, I usually help clients learn how to be a better listener. Like active listening, not interrupting, really appreciating what the person is telling you. This is all ab...

“One thing that's always resonated with me is fear. And I've been very conscious about saying if I'm afraid of something, I asked myself why I'm afraid and then I almost do it anyway because  I'm also fearful that the first time I let fear win, my world is going to get smaller and I'm not gonna step outside of my containment bubble I put myself in. So it makes total sense and that's kind of my che...

“So I think, I don't want to say dream, but the standard is to go to college and all that. But I kind of realized even early just going into freshman year sitting in my dorm, trying to think of ideas to drop out of college. Things like that. I just think I never really was meant to be a person that works a nine to five job. So that's probably how I became an entrepreneur. -I think I was just prett...

“When I draw a rough draft or write the skeleton of a script, I leave it out afterwards. A short time later, I tackle it again with a fresh pair of eyes. And if it can survive the second look, then it's good enough for me to invest time in it. I wish clients would have the same level of respect for us. When you spend a long time servicing other people, you kind of trust their judgment more than yo...

“Unfortunately, we live in a world where it's very hard to tell what's right and what's wrong; who are the good guys and who are the bad guys. But when you look at how companies have been built in the past century — when a new member comes, they come with their own network and sensibilities. These people are left alone and work with their own sensibilities, moral compass, methods, and they're not...

“Perfectionism caused me to procrastinate. And then, the progress and momentum started to wane. So I started to accept, "Start now, get perfect later." I realized that perfectionism is the lowest rating you could give yourself because your floor becomes your ceiling and you don't have anywhere to move. I started to rewire my understanding of myself, remove perfectionism from the calendar, and repl...