Growth Lessons from Pets
The Third Growth Option with Benno Duenkelsbuehler and Guests
English - July 22, 2021 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBBusiness business revenue expansion growth Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Let’s face it, sometimes pets are smarter than people. Shawna Schuh is an executive coach, TED Speaker, and self-ascribed pet wrangler. With her refreshingly open demeanor, Shawna shares important lessons she learned from her dog, her horse, and her – yes – goat.
3:21 – “This is your gift as a leader… every challenge holds with it seeds of growth.”
5:15 – “She gave me good advice: no matter what… only talk to her when she does something right… there is always somethingredeeming.”
6:17 – “we live in a ‘don’t want’ world… we’re not focused on what we do want.”
13:11 – “It’s only humans that hold grudges… animals don’t do that, they move on… if we could let go… instead of biting back… and change the perspective and ask ‘are you okay?’ “
15:51 – “of all the people that have given me trouble in my life, I had the most trouble with myself.”
17:52 – “The best leaders are ones that help others discover or uncover things for themselves.”
Always growing.
Benno Duenkelsbuehler
CEO & Chief Sherpa of (re)ALIGN