Episode 34 - Jeremy Aston (VP @ Cisco)
Dad Conversations
English - November 24, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBParenting Kids & Family Business Careers inspiration mustache career career change dad dad conversations dads education enjoy the journey father Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Today you'll meet Jeremy, the Vice President of Americas Software and Services sales at Cisco Systems. He is also an avid surfer, runner, and father of 2.
We spoke about:
His career in Sales and Sales Leadership
The best and worst parts of being an executive
Growing up in SoCal
Intro to sales: competing with Xerox
Favorite books
How a significant obstacle set him up for success
An important truth very few people agree with him on
What he wishes new dads understood
Marriage advice
Lessons learned parenting teenagers
Overcoming bad days
Lightning round questions