Verne Harnish: "The Growth Guy" - Author of Mastering the Rockefeller Habits and Scaling Up

Summary: In this episode, Dave welcomes Verne Harnish, one of the Top Ten Minds in Small Business to the podcast. Together, they talk about Verne's marquee principles, his life as an entrepreneur, and how he prepares the next generation for a "leap." Verne also highlights the key elements that contributed to the wealth of success he's enjoyed over the course of his life. Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:28 – Dave welcomes Verne Harnish 01:17 – Dave talks about Verne's background 01:43 – Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 02:00 - YEO (Young Entrepreneurs' Organization) 02:35 – Verne went to school to become a mechanical engineer 02:41 – Corridor Principle 03:30 – Verne talks about considering the a life in the military 04:23 – The "Additional Option" 05:37 – How mechanical engineering helped Verne become better at business 06:25 – Technical Entrepreneurship Course –mix of Engineering and Business Departments 07:00 – Verne's family background in business 08:09 – Verne's upbringing as a child 09:46 – Transitioning from privileged to broke 11:18 – Moving to Barcelona 12:39 – Idea of "Caught than Taught" 13:11 – "Demonstrate the life you want for your children" 15:40 – A different kind of "leap" 17:06 – How 9/11 destroyed one of Verne's businesses 18:38 – Rites of Passage 18:55 – One Page Personal Plan 19:00 – There's no such thing as a work/life balance…it's a blend 19:46 – Rite of Passage –detailed –how it helped his son Cameron to develop from a boy to a young man 22:24 – Verne also put his second son, Cole through the Rite of Passage 22:45 – Rite of Passage for Verne's other son, Cole 23:15 – International Brotherhood of Magicians—a perfect example of Verne's Corridor Principle 24:40 - Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0 26:41 – John D. Rockefeller—the man that inspired Verne's book from 28:45 – Daily huddle 30:20 – Verne's weekly routine based from Willard Garvey 31:38 – Verne's charity participation 33:54 – Looking back at Verne's 20s with pride 35:00 – Plans for the next decade 36:35 – scalingup.com 3 Key Points: Actively demonstrate the life you want for your children. Stop believing in a work/life balance and start accepting that it's a work/life blend. Organize your life like you'd organize days of the week Resources Mentioned: Entrepreneur's Organization – The EO Network Mastering the Rockefeller Habits – book authored by Verne Corridor Principle – Verne mentioned in his interview One Page Personal Plan – new book that Verne created International Brotherhood of Magicians – an organization where Verne is a member Mastering the Rockefeller Habits 2.0 – book authored by Verne John D. Rockefeller – where Verne routed his book from Willard Garvey – Verne's first mentor where he got his weekly routine scalingup.com – Verne's website Credits: Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives