The Leadership Stack Podcast

Sean You have done over 900 talks. Presentations, I wonder. And you need to keep on improving daily, right? So 10 hours of podcasts a week, aside from that, what are things that you do daily that affects your improvement in how you deliver talks and in how you craft them? Do you do something every day that just hones you as an individual, as a public speaker? What is it?   Brenden Yeah, of course....

Sean I'm cheating a little bit when I ask you this question because this is a hypothetical one. I want to ask you what is more important, leaving a lasting emotion to your audience or a lasting actionable lesson? Now, I know both are important, but if you were to choose one of them lasting emotion or lasting actionable lesson, what would it be?    Brenden My thinking is definitely the emotion. Let...

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Hey welcome to Leadership Stack - this is your host, Sean Si, AKA Mr CEO at 22. This is the podcast where you are able to learn and grow three important things - your leadership, your management skills and your business. Our episodes are shorter than an hour and straight to the point when it comes to what you will get out of it. I started the podcast to help people who want to grow themselves and...

Sean A lot of people ask me this question, actually. Sean, when's the time to jump ship? Sean, when's the time for me to quit my day job and just do my passion full time? So I want to know the story behind it for you. Brenden For sure. The short answer to that is if you're asking the question, don't jump ship. That's easy. If you're wondering whether I should jump ship, should I, should I not? The...

Sean The last question I have for you actually is the target market of this podcast, The LeadershipStack, we're looking at leaders and managers and entrepreneurs who are struggling out there more so now because of the pandemic again, 45% unemployment rate is not going to happen if businesses did not shut down. There are a lot of businesses that have died during this time. Given there are some that...

Sean I'm sure there are those people who are struggling in your inner circle, struggling in your community, and they do reach out for you for help. I'm maybe one of those people because I'm really not a very fast learner. So I assume that these people are, you know, they're struggling entrepreneurs. They might be leaders on their own right. I wonder what do they usually struggle with? Jaryd You’re...

Sean I just want to know your entrepreneurial journey. How did you start from being in the plumbing industry? How did you get the idea for buyingonlinebusinesses.com? What inspired you to say, Oh, you know what? I can do much more than this. I can build an online business empire? Jaryd Yeah. So basically, I was plumbing. I got a job straight out of school. Well, I was still in school when I was pl...

Apart from CEO at 22, what are the five key books I should read and why?   I recommended How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie last time. So definitely that is one book that I believe everyone should read.  Second would be the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John Maxwell. I've read that I think four times already since I was 12 years old. Fantastic book. Those are the laws...

How do you find motivation when times are hard? To be honest, times are hard right now and it's tough to find motivation. To be honest, it is. I guess what we can do is to listen to people who are able to make things happen right now. I think that that is one big way to have some motivation in your life. There's a lot of things to be thankful for. I listened to a podcast recently. I forgot which o...

What qualities do you look for in the people you hang out with? The number one quality is something where they're more successful or better than me, that I want to be successful or better in. So if, for example, they're better at me in basketball. I want to hang out with them. If I want to become better with basketball. If they're better than me with a public speaking or with reading or with selli...

What is the importance of branding for you? Tips on how to establish it. What is your brand?  Branding is important because that is how people perceive you and know you as a company. I remember I thought about this. The most important thing in branding is consistency. You're consistent with what you do with how you show yourself to the outside world. If you remember Nike and they ask you what's th...

What are the top five skills you would advise a newly graduate to learn, to thrive in the future to be successful?   First skill communication. Communication is super important. How you communicate with people. Will you be able to engage them? Communication doesn't mean talking. It doesn't mean speaking. It doesn't mean speaking on stage or typing in chat, You know how to formulate words. That's n...

Do you think emotional quotient is more important than intellectual quotient?   I think both is very important. It's not IQ smart. It's EQ smart. That's it. Patrick Lencioni mentioned humble, hungry, smart. That's what they look for in a hire. That's also something that we look for in SEO Hacker whenever we, I have to hire someone. How we're able to look for these things is to ask questions. How d...

Sean You have shared how you're able to change people through time and how you're able to influence the mindset through conversation. And that is just really a gem right there. And you also mentioned that a lot of people, the construction industry, especially being a competitive industry is struggling through this pandemic that we have right now and it is getting more competitive. I do agree with...

Sean I'm sure there have been a lot of people who have been able to attend your coaching programs, your mentorship, your workshops. I wonder, are these people more of company, founders, or professionals, and when they have finished your sessions, do they go on to become founders or do they have a sort of a level up in their careers as professionals, what happens then?  Elinor Of course, they have...

Sean Why The Construction Coach? How did you come upon that title?  Elinor That was a universal download, long story, short. But for the podcast. When I was navigating the start of my career, I felt lost and overwhelmed and generally confused at the magnitude of the industry. In Australia, there are many, many players, there are many different tiers of organizations. There are many different types...

Sean If there's one big piece of advice that you will give to leaders and entrepreneurs and managers who are out there struggling in this pandemic. And consider themselves are that they're actually in crisis. What would it be?  Vipp That one piece of advice would be to be ruthlessly creative. Do not stop thinking normal cause we are living in abnormal times. And if you are facing adversity, you're...

Sean I wonder, do you work with the leadership team themselves? Is it a top-down approach? What are some of the things that they really expect you to do? What is the story?  Vipp The thing is when you're handling a crisis, one of the important things is to manage expectations. Because the problem with a crisis is people always want things to go back to normal. And in some cases they will never go...

Sean I wonder, why are you such a giver right now? Where is all that coming from?  Vipp Because I was a taker in the early part of my life. So I'm giving back what life's given me. I do a lot of public speaking and I do a lot of public speaking to the US military and other organizations. One of the things that people kept coming to me to talk about was how to handle depression, anxiety, stress. It...

Sean From Mark Davis, is it always a good thing to buy cheaper stocks? Marvin When you say good, is he talking about percentage gains? Is he talking about cashflow? Is he talking about if the stocks will go up after three months? Generally speaking, you want something cheaper because that will give you a larger amount of upside. However, to balance it also, cheaper does not mean it will increase q...

Sean Where does a super-rich guy like Marvin Germo put his money to grow? What are your investments?  Marvin I'll say stocks. I'll say businesses. I'll say some because say our investments better. They're not for growing. They're for cashflow. So if you want growth right now, it's it should be stocks. You have to be very selective. I'd say I'm more bullish now on the US economy than in the Philipp...

Would be are connection's important? How important?  Well, I answered a little about it a little bit a while ago when I said it's not about what you know, But who you know. Yes, it is important. And actually you would know this because you have exited your first company, having these connections. I couldn't stress enough how important connections are. There are a lot of clients that I've closed th...

What are the most important investments we must have? Okay. Since you did not mention monetary, I am going to take your question and run with it. The first investment you should make is in your spirit. Why? Because when you die, The only inheritance you will have is either heaven or hell and that's it. Your money, your houses, all your possessions are going to be inherited by someone who's still l...

What do you put into your mind first thing in the morning and how do you stay being motivated?  I do this every day. I pray first before I opened my phone. I thank God, for the day. I thank God, that I'm awake; that I didn't die in my sleep. I Thank God for everything that he has blessed me with. That's pretty much the first thing I do in the morning. As to what I put in my mind, well, I do read t...