HS 240 - Know Your Strengths And Weaknesses With Lori Ann LaRocco

Lori Ann LaRocco is Jason Hartman's guest for this episode of Holistic Survival. She has been with CNBC for the last 14 years and has written three books. Her latest book, Opportunity Knocking, has some great lessons anybody can learn about leadership and how to succeed. She sits down with Jason to talk about how you can achieve leadership success in your life as well as how important it is to understand and believe in yourself before anyone else can.     Key Takeaways: 2:40 – A little bit about Lori Anna LaRocco and why she wrote her latest book, Opportunity Knocking.  4:50 – Good leaders know both their weaknesses and strengths.  7:20 – Lori talks about who Harold Hamm was and why anybody can be like him.  11:20 -  Jason loves the mini bios about each leader/person that Lori wrote in her book.  16:15 – Passion is contagious! Passionate people motivate others. 18:40 – Sometimes in business you can't know everything and you must let things go.  27:00 – Believing in yourself, understanding your why, is how you will be able to live the life you want to live.  30:10 – Lori talks about her previous book, Thriving in the New Economy.  33:10 – Throughout history, people make the same mistakes over and over. Lori breaks down why this is in this segment.    Mentioned in this episode Opportunity Knocking: Lessons from Business Leaders by Lori Ann LaRocco Thriving in the New Economy by Lori Ann LaRocco Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek http://loriannlarocco.wordpress.com/