CL079: Dale Callahan on finding your calling outside corporate America

In this episode of The Creative Life Podcast I talk with entrepreneur, coach and speaker Dale Callahan about finding your calling outside corporate America. Dale Callahan is an entrepreneur, coach and speaker who helps people break out of the corporate rut by becoming a Company of One. His mission is to help others find freedom in their life and work while building their own businesses. As well as his role as an entrepreneur and coach, Dale is also a university faculty member at the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he leads the graduate program in Information Engineering and Management. He also has an awesome online course on building your own business. Dale Callahan's 'Finding Your Calling' Show Notes: On Leadership Walking away from your expertise Corporate lobotomy Intrapreneurs Company of One Identifying internal customers Understanding your value Mastermind Groups Figuring out the 'What' Leaving corporate America Using Slack Favorite Tools: Slack Evernote Nozbe Favorite Books: Bold by Peter Diamandis Favorite Record: Toby Mac Interview Links: Dale's Website Join James's Facebook fans: https://www.facebook.com/jamestaylordotme LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameskirktaylor This is The Creative Life, James Taylor's weekly YouTube show. -------------------- ABOUT JAMES -------------------- As a creativity expert Taylor is a frequent guest speaker at universities and international conferences. He has given keynotes and talks at Apple, Subscription Site Summit in San Francisco, the British Music Show in the UK and at several universities across Europe including University of Dundee in Scotland and University of Macerata in Italy. He is often called upon by media outlets to give his views on trends in creativity and innovation. He has been quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle, Miami Herald, Columbus Dispatch, STV, Business Insider and San Jose Mercury News as well as featured on BBC TV and being the subject of a 30 minute program on his life for BBC Radio Scotland. As a host on shows about creativity and innovation he has interviewed legendary investor Maynard Webb (Yahoo.com, eBay.com & Salesforce.com board member) and New York Times best-selling writers Chris Guillebeau ($100 Startup), Rolf Potts (Vagabonding), Brand Cooper (The Lean Entrepreneur) and Ryan Holiday (Trust Me I'm Lying). James is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA). Meet James at http://www.JamesTaylor.me -------------------- ABOUT THE CREATIVE LIFE -------------------- The Creative Life is a weekly self-improvement show full of #motivation, #inspiration, and #creativity strategies with creativity speaker and author James Taylor. The Creative Life blog can be read at: http://www.jamestaylor.me -------------------- SUBSCRIBE -------------------- Never miss a video, and join the Youtube self-help community living the fully creative life: http://www.youtube.com/jamestaylorme