Leaning Towards Your True Identity ft. Sam Thiara - #109

Sam is a mentor, life coach, and is also a professor at a college in Canada. He has done some TedX speaking as well and is known for his ability to work with individuals and help them grow. I dug with Sam into his story and we talked about some of the big gems he has learned. In This Episode: A framework to help you make decisions that will help you long termA great story of bouncing back from adversityA lot of encouragement if you are trying to figure out what to do with your lifeMore From Sam: http://www.sam-thiara.com/His Book: https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Seeking-Finding-Myself/dp/0993758150/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_img_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BRT51W8KXJ65V0255N2H Time Stamps: 1:55 – The day Sam graduated from college3:38 – Three life lessons from being a janitor at a hospital (first job after college)9:00 – 5 Elements of a life explained12:00 – 5 Core Elements of a Life15:30 – Shifting to things more in line with your identity.16:30 – The two words that got Sam to leave his government job.18:50 – Getting to work on the Olympic bid team in Vancouver22:20 – Sam’s first entrepreneurial endeavor and how it went24:00 – Are you like a corner store or are you like Starbucks?27:35 – Talking about what leadership is28:30 – Who Sam’s biggest mentor has been30:00 – What Sam is working on right now Quotes: When you give your inner voice more power than the noise around you than things that go in line with your true values and ideals make more sense and you know what you should be putting your energy towards.To do something entrepreneurial you need to be able to answer the question, “What’s a problem you are going to solve that people want?” “Who you are as an individual is very reflected in the business you will do.”Support the show